Bengaluru to host IPL auction

New Delhi, Feb 3: The players auction for the 10th edition of the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) will be held on February 20 in Bengaluru, it was officially confirmed on Friday.The auction will be followed by a day long IPL Franchise Workshop on February 21."The 2017 IPL player auction will be held on February 20 at the Ritz-Carlton in Bengaluru," a statement from the IPL read."The IPL franchises will go into the player auction with a maximum of Rs 143.33 crore purse for 2017 season," it added.The teams can have a maximum of 27 players including nine overseas players. A maximum of 76 players, including 28 overseas, can be bought at the auction.The auction was delayed from the originally proposed date of February 4 due to the administrative changes in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) following the directions of the Supreme Court.BCCI s Committee of Administrators (COA) has already finalised the dates for the tournament with the league starting on April 5 and the final slated for May 21.