When and where will the IPL 2025 mega-auction be held?

The much-awaited IPL 2025 auction will be a two-day event and will be held on November 24-25 at the Abady Al Johar Arena in Saudi Arabia's port city of Jeddah.

Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, was slated to be the venue initially but the IPL reportedly shifted it last-minute to Jeddah, 10 hours to the southwest of the capital, due to reported logistical reasons.

According to Sportstar, a BCCI team checked both cities but decided on the Jeddah venue because of its bigger capacity.

“The venue for the auction will be Abady Al Johar Arena (also known as Benchmark Arena) and the accommodation will be at the Hotel Shangri-la which is at a distance of 10 minutes from the auction venue. Our operations team will be in touch for the visa and logistics requirements,” the BCCI wrote in an email to all the stakeholders, according to the magazine.

This will only be the second time the IPL auction will take place overseas after the IPL 2024 auction was held at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai.

IPL 2025 auction to clash with India-Australia Test?

The auction dates will clash with the third and fourth days of India’s first Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 Test against Australia in Perth, which begins on November 22.

Barring any weather disturbances, the day's play will begin at 7:50 am IST and go on till around 3:00 pm IST. This ideally shouldn't clash with the auction because IST is only 2.5 hours ahead of Saudi Arabia, giving the authorities enough wiggle room to schedule the event after Stumps.

1,574 players, including 1,165 Indian and 409 overseas, registered for the auction within the November 4 deadline. Among them 320 are capped, 1,224 uncapped, and 30 players from Associate Nations.

A final, shortened list of players who'll go under the hammer depending on the interest from franchises will be revealed later.

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