IPL 2017 player auction proposed to be held on 4th of February has been postponed. Last November the IPL Governing Council decided to schedule the IPL 2017 tournament between April 5 and May 21.

"The Committee of Administrators (COA) met the concerned BCCI officials today to take stock of the urgent and important matters mainly concerning the successful conduct of IPL 2017," a BCCI media release said. "The committee of administrators assured the franchises that it was overseeing the preparations for IPL and the 'operational timelines' will be sent out shortly.

According to ESPNCricinfo, most probably the auction will take place anywhere between February 20 and 25.

Although the franchises haven't showed any dissent, it is learnt that they are on receiving the player roster that will have the final list of players that will enter the auction.

"If we get the roster we can start making a shortlist of players we are after as then we come to know their availability which is always a big determining factor on which players teams pick," one franchise CEO told ESPNCricinfo.