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The Australian and England boards have informed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) their players will not be available for next year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) beyond May 1. This, understandably, is in view of the World Cup, which starts in England on May 31.There has not been any official communication from the BCCI/IPL to the teams but according to franchise sources, this information has been shared to them unofficially.There is, however, no news from other boards although it is understood that the New Zealand players will be available till the end of the league.The schedule of the league has not yet been released but the tournament is expected to start on March 29 and end in the third week of May which means the English and Aussies will not be available for about three weeks, including, of course, for the play-offs.There is a talk that the South Africans will be leaving the tournament after May 12 but there is no clarity if the tournament were to be held in South Africa itself, which is a distinct possibility. The exact position of the boards is expected to be made clear to the franchises before the auction.Meanwhile, it has reliably been learnt that the auction for IPL will be held on December 17 and 18. This has been informed to the franchises recently and the venue will beThere has been mixed reaction to the announcement of the dates as some of the franchises wanted the auction to be held after the venue is known. In view of the general election, there has been obvious ambiguity if the IPL will be held in India or moved to South Africa or partly staged in the UAE, like it was in 2014, the last general election year.“We wanted the auction to be conducted after the venue is known so that we could have chosen our players accordingly but the BCCI has its own timelines to follow,” said a franchise official, while another said, “We understand that the venue would be known by then.” The venue, needless to stress, will depend on the dates of the general elections.Calls and messages to IPL officials remained unanswered.Meanwhile, thehave announced the acquisition offor next year. In exchange of the India opener, the Delhi team has released allrounder Vijay Shankar,and young Abhishek Sharma to