Former England captain Michael Vaughan spoke about a heated topic around IPL 2025 mega auction. The auction are scheduled to be held November 24 and 25 in Saudi Arabia, which directly overlaps the first Test of Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) between India and Australia.
The IPL auction will overlap the important third and fourth days of the opening Test of the BGT. Michael criticised the BCCI for making such a schedule that overlaps the dates of these two events, especially considering the involvement of Indian players in both the events.
Though the auctions are set to begin after the end of the day’s play, Michael is concerned that it might cause potential distractions for the players, especially those who are highly-sought after by the franchises.
Vaughan suggested that the IPL 2025 mega auctions could have been rescheduled to be held after the Test in Perth but before the Adelaide Test. This would allow players to concentrate completely on the much-important opening Test with no distractions.
“I don’t agree with the fact that they put the IPL auction in the middle of the first Test. . We’ve got a nine-day break in between the first and the second (tests). Why they’re putting it there when you know the players are under pressure playing in a test match, why they’d want to sway the profile of that test match onto an IPL auction in Saudi, I’m not too sure,” Michael was quoted saying as per Codesports.
