Watch: Former IPL COO Narrates How The Idea Of Auctioning Players In The IPL Came Into Consideration

Jun 28, 2020 at 5:07 PM

facebook iconlinkedin iconmail icontwitter iconWhatsApp iconTelegram icon
Watch: Former IPL COO Narrates How The Idea Of Auctioning Players In The IPL Came Into Consideration

Former IPL COO Sunder Raman has recently revealed as to how did the idea of auctioning the players in the Indian Premier League was adopted and brought into consideration. Sunder Raman has a very interesting anecdote to narrate as he also revealed as to how many people were actually involved behind the scenes when the cash-rich league began.

The Indian Premier League began in the year 2008 becoming the first T20 franchise league tournament across the world. What followed was records, runs, trophies, splendid amount of money, and a hub of world-class superstars, Today, it stands as the most followed, the most successful and the most wealthy T20 tournament in the world.

Virat Kohli, coronavirus, COVID-19, IPL
Virat Kohli. Photo Credit: BCCI

However, even before IPL began, a lot of things had to be planned out and one of them was how to allocate players to different franchises. Now, Sunder Raman has revealed as to how it was done.

Sunder Raman Reveals How IPL Auctions Came Into Force

“The player auction almost came as a part of an evening tea conversation while we were doing a thousand other things. We had sold the franchises, we had the venues confirmed, now it was left to on how do we get the players rostered into different teams,” Raman said during the show 22 Yarns with Gaurav Kapur on Oaktree Sports’ YouTube channel.

MS Dhoni, CSK, IPL 2020, Training Camp
MS Dhoni. Photo Credit: BCCI/IPL.

“The only thing sure was the marquee players, who were assigned to a set of franchises. There was Sachin Tendulkar for Mumbai, Virender Sehwag for Delhi, Yuvraj Singh for Punjab, Sourav Ganguly for Kolkata. But MS Dhoni was without a home,” Raman said.

“The challenge was one of those conversations where the question was how do we make the franchises take on the players? One of the franchises, I don’t remember who it was, said ‘why don’t we auction them?’ After two minutes of deliberation I said ‘good idea, it will generate a lot of consumer interest’. And that decided that” he explained.

Speculations Intensify Over IPL 2020 Future

IPL 2020 was scheduled to start from March 29, but due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the BCCI postponed it until April 15. As the nationwide lockdown extended in India, BCCI suspended IPL 2020 Indefinitely. Now, with the situation worsening, it seems a huge possibility that IPL stands nothing but cancelled this year.

BCCI, IPL 2020, ECB
IPL Trophy. Photo Credit: BCCI/IPL.

On April 10, latest reports suggested that the BCCI is probing into the July window to conduct the IPL and it could take place behind closed doors. However, all hopes once again vanished as the BCCI suspended the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 indefinitely in the light of the coronavirus pandemic. With COVID-19 victims toll rising in India, cricket returning to India seems a possibility far from reality.

Also Read: Top Five Highest Partnerships In ICC Champions Trophy 2017

 

 

 

 

Sportzwiki Trending : Most Sixes in 2016 T20 World Cup |Most Runs Scorers From The 
Boundaries In An Innings in 2016 T20 World Cup |Best Bowling Figures Registered 
In ICC World Cup 2015 | Highest Partnerships In ICC World Cup 2015 | 
Most Run-Scorers in 2014 T20 World Cup | Highest Run-Scorers In ICC Champions Trophy 2013 | 
Most Wicket-Takers in 2014 T20 World Cup | Highest Wicket-Takers In ICC Champions Trophy 2013
Related Article
Watch: Former IPL COO Narrates How The Idea Of Auctioning Players In The IPL Came Into Consideration
Watch: Former IPL COO Narrates How The Idea Of Auctioning Players In The IPL Came Into Consideration

Jun 26, 2020, 12:13 PM


Watch: Former IPL COO Reveals Why Delhi Daredevils Neglected Virat Kohli In The 2008 IPL Auction
Watch: Former IPL COO Reveals Why Delhi Daredevils Neglected Virat Kohli In The 2008 IPL Auction

Jun 25, 2020, 6:22 PM


Desktop Banner
Mobile Banner