While the thrill of the IPL auctions might send a thrill to many, New Zealand Cricket players association chief doesn’t seem to be a big fan. To some, the rise in prices gives them an adrenaline rush, but Heath Mills thinks that it is nothing but embarrassing.

He labeled the players as being “paraded like cattle”, something that is far from professional

"I think the whole system is archaic and deeply humiliating for the players, who are paraded like cattle for all the world to see," Mills told the Herald.

"There's lot of good things about the Indian Premier League and it's been great for cricket but I'd like to see it mirror the rest of professional sport in the way they engage athletes. The auction system is wrong — it's not professional, far from it."

The fact that the players aren’t aware of which team they are heading to and the existing players in it is something that baffles Mills, as he claims that no other leagues work like this.

"The players enter the auction not knowing where they're are going, who their team-mates are going be, who's managing them, who the owners are — no other sports league in the world engages players on that basis.”

He also criticized the frequent chipping and chopping of the team, which results in a loss of long-term culture.

"We've seen some players play for five or six teams over the 10 years the league has been going. Coaches cannot build an affinity with players, they can't build a long-term culture.”

Finally, he called for the system to be changed, with the dealings happening behind the scene.