KKR CEO Venky Mysore Opens Up About the Mega Auction
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|| Desk Report ||
Kolkata Knight Riders CEO Venky Mysore has said that it isn't the bad idea to postpone the mega auction of Indian Premier League (IPL) by a year. The IPL 2020 was earlier scheduled to be played in March but it was postponed due to the COVID-19. With the postponement of ICC T20 World Cup this year, the IPL will take place at that window and that means the final of this year and next season's start will be short as well.
"I've heard that as well and it's not a bad idea to push it back by a year, considering we'll have such a short period of time between the finals and the start of the next (edition) in April-May," Venky Mysore told ESPNcricinfo.
"So it's not a bad idea but has to be thought through. There are various other ramifications of what it may mean contractually for the players and what not, but it has been done before when two teams were banned - the auction was pushed back by a year,” he shared.
"So there is precedence to that. Whether this situation warrants that, let's wait and see, but it's not a bad idea for the moment," he further added.
On the other hand, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly had already left for Dubai on Wednesday to check all the preparations for the bio-secure Indian Premier League which is slated to begin from September 19 across three venues and the 53-day tournament will end on November 10.
Meanwhile, defending champions Mumbai Indians will take on Chennai Super Kings in the opening game of the cash-rich T20 league, which has been moved to the UAE owing to the rising COVID-19 cases in India too.
"My first flight in 6 months to dubai for IPL…crazy life changes," Sourav Ganguly posted on his Instagram account with a picture where he was seen wearing a mask and face shield which is essential for the Standard Operating Procedure while flying amid this crunch time.
