As the Players auction for the IPL is scheduled for 27 and 28 January, South Africa captain Faf Du Plessis said that it is normal to get distracted by the event, as the cash-rich T20 event “plays a big part in their lives”.
“Well we don’t have our phones, so it’s difficult to check (the auction). There will be distractions, and that is normal, it’s human. The IPL plays a big part in all of our lives,” Du Plessis said.
“For the management and myself, it’s important to make sure we keep the focus and the energy driving towards the Test match.
“And at the end of the day’s play, if we want to talk about the auction a little bit, we can do that but to make sure that the next day, when it’s Test match time again, we are switched on and focused,” he added.
Apart from Du Plessis, Quinton de Kock, Hashim Amla, Kagiso Rabada, Morne Morkel, Lungi Ngidi, Dean Elgar and Vernon Philander are some of the other South African players who will be entering into auction.
