India, Oct. 17 -- The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2027 mini-auction will take place on December 16 in Goa, the BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia confirmed to HT on Saturday. This will be the first time in four years that the auction will take place in India. In the last three years, the auction was held in Dubai (2023), Jeddah (2024) and Abu Dhabi (2025), and finally, the showpiece event has returned to the country.

"Yes, the auction will be held on December 16," Saikia told HT. With this development, the auction will now take place on the same day as the second ODI between India and Sri Lanka in Bengaluru.

The ODI series is slated to begin in Delhi, with the final match to be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

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