Venky Mysore, CEO of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is not in favor of postponing the IPL mega auction for this not such a bad idea. The IPL’s mega auction is scheduled to be taking place in 2021, but many franchises are indicating that it needs to be pushed by another year. The 2020 edition of the tournament is scheduled to be commencing September 19, and with this course of events, franchises will be left with just four months to prepare for the mega auction.
During a recent chat with ESPN Cricinfo, Mysore said, “I’ve heard that as well and it’s not a bad idea to push it back by a year, considering we’ll have such a short period of time between the finals this season and the start of the next edition in April-May. So it’s not a bad idea but has to be thought through.”
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He further added, “There are various other ramifications of what it may mean contractually for the players and whatnot, but the mega auction being pushed back has been done before when two teams were banned, the auction was pushed back by a year. So there is precedence to that. Whether this situation warrants that, let’s wait and see, but it’s not a bad idea for the moment.”
The last mega auction for IPL was conducted in 2018 as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) returned after completing the ban of two years due to the spot-fixing allegation.
Explaining the same, KKR CEO said, “Sometimes we forget this is a very young league, we’re only into the 13th year. Foreigners have had more experience playing the format, and because they’re allowed to go and play in the other leagues, there’s a certain experience they bring with it. But if you see within our own KKR set-up, Abhishek Nayar is our assistant coach. His knowledge about the Indian boys is outstanding, and they look up to him.”
The IPL 2020 will be played between September 19 and November 10 in the UAE across three venues — Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah.
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Mumbai Indians (MI) will be locking horns with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the tournament opener on September 19 while Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will face MI in their opening match on September 23.
