The upcoming mega Indian Premier League (IPL) auction has been scheduled in the middle of the opening Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) between India and Australia, which has surprised some of the Australian cricketers, including their former T20I captain Aaron Finch.
The BGT opener in Perth begins on November 22 and the IPL Auction in Jeddah is scheduled for November 24 and 25, which will be the third and fourth days of the Test match. However, to ensure that the two events don't run simultaneously, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has kept the start-time on both days of the auction as 3 pm IST. By then, the day's play in Perth would have ended.