Seasoned cricketers will look to re-assert themselves, while new faces will try to show their mettle in front of Indian Premier League (IPL) team scouts ahead of the auctions, when the knockout stages of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament gets underway here on Sunday. India's domestic Twenty20 tournaments, the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 and the T20 Zonal league, were advanced by a fortnight at the request of the IPL franchises who wanted to look at the performance of local players ahead of the IPL auction, which is to be held on January 27 and 28 in Bengaluru.