The official date and time schedule for IPL auction 2022 has been announced. It will be held on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru. Similar dates were making the rounds on social media but now it has been confirmed. The auction will be broadcasted live on the Star Sports network from 11 am across the two days. The ownership has moved on from Vivo to Tata and it will be called the Tata IPL from the 2022 season. 

Two new teams have been added onto the scene making season 15 a 10-team affair. As many as 74 matches are expected to be played. Several reputed overseas batsmen are a part of the auction. Few of them are proven captaincy material in the IPL as well. With many franchises in search of a potential captain, the stocks of a few of those players might rise come the mega auction.