Cricket fans around the world are excited about the IPL 2025 auction. The mega auction for IPL 2025 will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 24 and 25 November in which bids will be placed on cricketers from all over the world. 1574 players have registered for this auction. This includes 320 capped and 1224 uncapped players. The players who have registered for the mega auction include 1165 Indian and 409 foreign players.
At the time when the IPL mega auction will be held in Jeddah, Team India will be busy playing the Border-Gavaskar series on Australian soil. Actually, the Indian cricket team’s tour of Australia is going to start on November 22. The first test match will be played in Perth. That is, there will be a clash between the date of the first test match and the date of the IPL mega auction. This can have a huge impact on the viewership of the India-Australia first test match.
These veterans will miss the Perth Test.
Due to the IPL mega auction, there are reports of 2 Australian legends staying away from the test match to be played in Perth. Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting and his teammate Justin Langer will not be able to commentate in the first test match starting in Perth on November 22 due to the Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction to be held in Saudi Arabia. Both of them have to be present in the auction on behalf of their respective franchises. Apart from Ponting and Langer, Australia’s assistant coach Daniel Vettori can also distance himself from the Perth Test.
Let us tell you, Ricky Ponting is the head coach of Punjab Kings. He was recently appointed to this post. At the same time, former Australian coach Justin Langer is part of the coaching staff of Lucknow Super Giants. According to the Australian newspaper ‘The Age’, Channel Seven will not be able to get the services of Ricky Ponting and Justin Langer in parts of the Perth Test between India and Australia due to a conflict of commitments. In this way, Australia may miss its staunch fans in the opening Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25.