The IPL 2021 has started their preparations in the New Year on a fast pace. After reports emerged that the IPL 2021 auction will take place on February 11, the IPL Governing Council chairman Brijesh Patel told PTI that the deadline for the retention of players in IPL 2021 is till January 21. If players want to be traded to another franchise, the deadline for this is till February 4. The IPL 2021 auction will not be the mega-auction and that could be a possibility in the 2022 Indian Premier League where 10 teams could feature. There is also a development that the IPL Governing Council will wait a month before finalising whether IPL 2021 could take place in India. A BCCI source said that most of the stakeholders want the tournament to be played in India but it will all depend on the coronavirus situation.
In the past, before the IPL auction, the BCCI would increase the price pool for each team by Rs 3 crore. However, in IPL 2021, there will be no increase in the purse…