The next few days will be very important for Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul.Image credit source: AFP
The challenges for Team India, which seems to be stuck in its most difficult phase in the last 12 years, are not going to ease yet. Team India looks very weak after suffering a 0-3 loss in the test series against New Zealand at home. Now he has to tour Australia, where this time success seems more difficult than before and almost impossible. In such a situation, Team India players will have to give their best in every Test and when Team India players fight for victory in the first Test to be played in Perth, their fate will be decided by thousands. kilometers away because the players of the IPL world auction will compete in the second part.
Yes, after waiting for several days, it is now clear when and where the mega auction for the IPL 2025 season will take place. The BCCI announced it on Tuesday, November 5. For the first time, the IPL auction caravan will reach Saudi Arabia where players will be auctioned over 2 days in Jeddah. So far everything is as expected but the BCCI has done what was not expected. This is the date of the auction, which has been set for November 24 and 25.
IPL auction between test match
This is where everything shocking lies. In fact, this auction will take place at a time when the Indian cricket team, about 10 thousand kilometers from Jeddah, will do everything to win the test match in Perth, Australia. The first match of the Test series between India and Australia will begin on November 22 in Perth and will continue until November 26. That means the IPL auction dates will coincide with the third and fourth day of the match. However, both will be in two completely different time zones and the auction is expected to start during the 24th, when the third day’s play will end, but when the auction starts again on the 25th, it will be in the morning. It can start and in such a situation the game on the fourth day would be at that time.
The question is, will this affect the concentration of the Indian players playing in the Perth Test? There are many players in the Indian team selected for the tour of Australia, who will be part of the auction, the biggest names being Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Ravichandran Ashwin. Of these, it seems almost certain that Pant and Rahul will play in the Perth Test. In such a situation, when he would be working hard to make team India win, his fate would be decided. Although all of them are professional cricketers, will there still be doubts whether they will be able to completely divert their attention from the auction? If this is not possible, can they give 100 percent?
The fate of many players will be decided
Well, not just Pant and Rahul, there are other players in this team too, who will be bid in the auction and can fetch a good price. Among them, names like Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Mohammad Siraj, Sarfaraz Khan can be seen in the Perth Test eleven. Apart from these, Ashwin and Prasidh Krishna will also be part of the auction along with the Test series. There will also be a danger that if any of these players perform poorly in the Perth Test, critics and some fans will be seen trolling them on social media citing the auction.
