IPL 2017 player auction to be held on February 20
The 2017 IPL player auction will be held on Monday, February 20, at the Ritz-Carlton in Bengaluru. The auction was initially scheduled to be held on February 4, however, it was pushed back following the Supreme Court's decision to dismantle the BCCI hierarchy.
The IPL franchises will go into the player auction with a maximum of INR 143.33 Crs purse for 2017 season.The teams can have a maximum of 27 players including 9 overseas players. A maximum of 76 players, including 28 overseas, can be bought at the auction.
The details of balance purse and squad formation is as under:
© BCCISo far, more than 750 players have registered for the Player Auction 2017. The deadline for player registration ends today, February 3, 2017.Interestingly, the first IPL Player auction in the year 2008 was also held on February 20, 2008.The VIVO IPL Player Auction will be followed by a day long IPL Franchise Workshop on February 21st.
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