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The cricket fans around the world are currently focused on the ODI Cricket World Cup 2023. All the top teams are engaged in a thrilling battle to qualify for the semi-finals. Amid this, a report by news agency PTI has given some interesting details about the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 auction. It is a day when all IPL fans look forward to seeing which player their favorite franchises pick up for the next edition. According to the PTI report, Dubai will host the Indian Premier League auction for the 2024 season on December 19.
“It is now a 10-team IPL auction and it is going to be very difficult to get hundreds of rooms in the same five-star facility to house the various members of the franchises, the various BCCI officials, the operations team and the broadcast crew. That is why Dubai is the preferred location,” said an official.
In the upcoming auction, each team will get a purse of Rs 100 crore for the 2024 season, an increase of Rs 5 crore from last year. The Women’s Premier League auction takes place on December 9.
England and Bangladesh to play four-corner U-19 series in Vijaywada The BCCI is also making every effort to ensure that the next batch of U-19s get adequate exposure during next year’s U-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka.
Currently, the National U-19 One-day competition is underway for the Vinoo Mankad Trophy and after that, a three- or four-team Challenger Trophy will be held in Guwahati with the performers of the tournament.
The players who do well in Challengers will then be divided into two Indian teams that will play a U-19 Quadrangular tournament in Vijaywada along with junior teams from England and Bangladesh.
Hrishikesh Kanitkar, Sairaj Bahutule and Munish Bali, the coaching staff of the 2022 champion group, are once again expected to guide the junior boys for the global meet.
With PTI inputs
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