Overview
- Hemang Amin briefed franchise owners in Abu Dhabi that Season 19 will run from March 26 to May 31 in India, according to reports shared on the eve of the auction.
- The auction is scheduled in Abu Dhabi on December 16 with 369 players listed after 19 names were added to the BCCI’s previously announced pool of 350.
- Newly included auction entrants reported by Cricbuzz include Mani Shankar Mura Singh, Virandeep Singh, Chama Milind, Eathan Bosch, Chris Green, Blessing Muzarabani and Ben Sears.
- Tradition places the opener and final at the defending champions’ home ground, yet the status of M. Chinnaswamy Stadium for those fixtures remains uncertain under safety and security conditions.
- The PSL is set to overlap with the IPL window, with PCB chair Mohsin Naqvi indicating a March 26 start and a May 3 finish for the Pakistan league.