IPL 2025 mega auction date: Report claims it will happen next year…

The mega auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 will be held in late November or early December, BCCI sources informed on Wednesday. They said the rules and regulations for it will be released by the Council of Cricket in India (BCCI) in a few days. The Indian Premier League has held two mega auctions in the last ten years, with a gap of four years between them. The first mega auction was held in 2014, then in 2018 – when Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings made a comeback after a two-year suspension.

Regarding the developments related to the mega auction, sources close to the BCCI confirmed to IANS that the auction is likely to take place in late November or early December. “The IPL 2025 auction will take place in late November or early December this year. Its rules will be out in a few days,” BCCI sources told IANS.

The 2021 mega auction had to be postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In both cases, teams added an extra year to their players’ contracts.

Like the 2022 auction in February and the 2023 and 2024 auctions in December, the upcoming IPL mega sale will likely be a two-day affair.

In the last mega auction held in 2022, IPL teams were allowed to retain a maximum of four players. With the three-year cycle nearing its end, there are varying opinions among franchises about the optimal number of retained players. While some teams argue for a larger retention cap, possibly up to eight players, others are comfortable with the current limit of four or five.