Yorkshire are unlikely to stand in Jonny Bairstow’s way if he decides to enter December’s lucrative Indian Premier League auction.

Bradford-born Bairstow’s stock is rising rapidly on the global stage and the current one-day international series in India is the perfect shop window for the hard-hitting wicketkeeper-batsman.

The 22-year-old scored 104 not out off just 53 balls in a warm-up match earlier this week, which was hailed by Yorkshire director of professional cricket Martyn Moxon.

Now Moxon is fully aware of the incentives on offer for the county’s star player.

He said: “It’s a very awkward situation because nobody wants to deny a player the chance to earn that kind of money, which is life-changing. But for the counties to lose somebody for six weeks is tough on us.

“It’s pretty much half the County Championship season. We are playing half of that by the end of May these days. It is a big chunk and there is a lot working against you.”

Yorkshire receive compensation when England players such as Bairstow and Tim Bresnan are taken away from them but Moxon says that is not the case with the IPL.

The former opening batsman believes that could become more of an issue in the near future.

Moxon said: “The IPL hasn’t affected that many players so far; you are only talking three or four.

“If it becomes more like Australians, where you have double figures involved – and given the way English players are developing, it could well happen – it might be different.

“That could bring that kind of compensation thing to a head.”