Goa to host IPL 2027 auction in December after three overseas editions
The IPL 2027 players' auction will be held in Goa in December, BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia confirmed on Wednesday, bringing the event back to India after three years of overseas venues.
The auction has been held in Dubai, Jeddah and Abu Dhabi over the past three editions. The 2025 mega auction was held in Jeddah, while Dubai hosted the 2024 auction and Abu Dhabi staged the 2026 event.
"This year, after hosting the IPL auction in three foreign locations, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi last year, we are going to host it in Goa in the month of December," Saikia told ANI.
IPL chairman Arun Dhumal had earlier said the BCCI was keen to bring the auction back to India, but finding a suitable venue had proved difficult because of the busy wedding season.
"Every year we try for this to happen in India, but we don't get the venue given the heavy marriage season. So, we definitely want it to be here this year, given that it would be a smaller auction and hopefully we will get the venue," Dhumal had told PTI.
With Goa confirmed as the venue, the IPL auction will return to India for the first time since 2023.
The BCCI is also seeking fresh feedback from IPL franchises on the Impact Player rule, which was discussed at a recent Governing Council meeting.
The strategic substitution rule allows teams to bring in a replacement at any stage of a match and is currently scheduled to remain in place until 2027.
However, the rule has faced criticism from several prominent players, including India ODI and Test captain Shubman Gill, former captain Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel. One of the main concerns raised by players is that the rule reduces the importance of genuine all-rounders.
The issue had also come up ahead of IPL 2026, when several captains conveyed their reservations to the BCCI and calls for the rule to be scrapped gained momentum.
Dhumal had said the BCCI was open to reviewing the rule after consulting all stakeholders.
"The matter is under discussion. Will take feedback from all the stakeholders and then take a call on this," he had said.- EndsPublished By: Saurabh KumarPublished On: Sep 23, 2026 19:02 IST
