Indian cricket team has reached Australia tour. Border-Gavaskar Trophy of 5 test matches will be played between the two teams. The first match of this series will be played in Perth from 22nd November. At the same time, during this match, a mega auction will also be organized for IPL 2025. The mega auction for IPL 2025 is to be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 24 and 25 November. This means that the IPL auction will also affect the India-Australia Perth Test match, due to which a veteran will not be able to be a part of this important match.

This legend will leave Perth Test due to IPL 2025 auction

According to the report of Australian newspaper 'The Age', Australia's assistant coach Daniel Vettori may miss the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy starting in Perth due to the IPL mega auction. Daniel Vettori is the head coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad. In such a situation, he will be in Saudi Arabia during the first test. Vettori is an important member of the Australian coaching setup and is a trusted deputy to head coach Andrew McDonald. Let us tell you, when Pakistan toured Australia for a three-match Test series last year, even then Daniel Vettori became a part of the IPL auction between the series. According to a team source with knowledge of the situation, till Wednesday morning no decision had been taken on whether Vettori would remain with the team for the entire Test or leave early for the auction.

These greats will also not be a part of Perth Test

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting and his long-time teammate Justin Langer will also not be able to commentate in the first Test match between India and Australia starting in Perth from November 22 due to the mega auction to be held in Saudi Arabia. According to reports, Channel 7 will be unable to get the services of Ricky Ponting and Justin Langer for parts of the Perth Test between India and Australia due to a conflict of commitments. Let us tell you, Punjab Kings have recently appointed Ponting as their head coach while Langer is already playing this role in Lucknow Supergiants.

Let us tell you, this time 1574 players have registered for the IPL auction. This includes 320 capped and 1224 uncapped players. Players from a total of 14 countries have registered their names for IPL 2025. Of these, 76 players are from Australia, which also includes star players like David Warner, Mitchell Starc and Glenn Maxwell.