New Delhi: BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur along with IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla yesterday met the representatives of the six IPL franchises to intimate them about the modalities of the Players' Auction for years 2016 and 2017.


IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla

The franchisees were informed that IPL season 2016 and 2017 will continue to remain an eight team event and the bidding for the two new teams for these seasons will start after the BCCI AGM on 9th November 2015. The Franchisees welcomed Vivo mobile as the new title sponsors of the IPL.