IPL 2022: India’s cricket board BCCI has announced the final dates for IPL Mega Auction for the Indian Premier League season 15. The Board is planning the auction in two phases. The first phase will commence on 12th February 2022 and the second phase will begin on 13th February 2022. Both the phases of the auction will take place in Bangalore.

BCCI has shared all the information with the 10 franchisees. There were concerns about the clash of the event because of the India and West Indies ODI series. BCCI has assured all the franchises that the auction will go on as per the plan. The event won’t be affected because of the ODI series.

“It has been clarified to us that the match and auction are two different things and both will go ahead,” the Cricbuzz website quoted an unnamed source.

Star Sports has the broadcasting right to both events. BCCI has mentioned that no franchise should worry about the clash of both events. Star Sports will be able to handle the broadcasting of both events together. BCCI has shared all the details of the event with Star Sports and they are waiting for a positive revert. BBL Winners List All Season.

On 11the February, there will be a pre-auction briefing. All the franchises will be present for the pre-auction briefing. BCCI has requested the other cricket boards to share the names of the players who would want to be part of the auction by January 19th, 2022.

CSK - Winner of IPL 2021

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There are some big changes done for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League. They have introduced two new teams. Lucknow and Ahmedabad have officially joined the IPL. These two new franchises will be building up their team for the first time.

We expect that the mega auction will have around 1000 players. Among these 1000 players, the different teams will buy 200-250.

BCCI and IPL Officials to Work on Plan B for The Tournament

BCCI is considering holding a meeting with all the owners of the IPL Franchise to work on Plan B of the tournament. This decision has come under the influence of the ongoing pandemic and Omicron scare. There is a high possibility that India might be seeing a rise in the covid cases at the beginning of next year.

IPL is scheduled to begin in the April/May window of next year. BCCI is working hard to make sure that there are no interruptions in the tournament. In IPL 2021, they suspended the tournament in the middle because of the rising cases in India, which came as a surprise to many online cricket betting sites.

IPL 2022: Mega Auction Dates Announced for IPL Season 15

IPL 2022: Mega Auction Dates Announced for IPL Season 15

BCCI has to reschedule the event in the October/November window and the rest of the tournament took place in UAE. According to some reports, this year BCCI is not planning to take the event in UAE. The board is planning to conclude the tournament in India itself by taking extra safety measures.

“The meeting will be mainly introductory with the BCCI on-boarding the owners of the two new teams, Lucknow and Ahmedabad. They are also exploring the idea of holding the whole tournament just in Mumbai and Pune. Cities in Gujarat, like Ahmedabad, Baroda, and Rajkot, can also be considered if the Covid/Omicron situation worsens.” CricBuzz quoted multiple franchise owners on their website.

IPL scouts are already on their duty to figure out some new players for the tournament. IPL is a good platform for some young players because it provides a solid start to their future.

In November, the eight franchisees who are already part of the tournament revealed their retained and released players. It will be interesting to see the arrangements of BCCI this year because the Covid cases are already rising in India. The two new franchises will be skeptical about the whole tournament even after BCCI’s assurance. Here’s our free betting tips. Do check it here.

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