IPL to have official two-and-half month window from subsequent ICC FTP: Following a large windfall of INR 48,390 crores in media rights offers for the following five-year cycle, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has introduced one other pleasant growth for the cricket followers because the Indian Premier League (IPL) can have an official two-and-half month window from the following ICC FTP calendar, more likely to start with 2024 version of the event.
Jay Shah, the BCCI secretary, confirmed the event saying that the cricket board has mentioned it with the governing physique of cricket together with the opposite cricket boards.
“Let me inform you that from the next ICC FTP calendar, IPL will have an official two-and-a-half month window so that all the top international cricketers can participate. We have had discussions with various boards as well as the ICC,” mentioned Jay Shah, the BCCI secretary.
Notably, for the final couple of weeks, there was a buzz round IPL’s attainable extension. The IPL was rumoured to be an 84-match competitors, even 94 matches within the subsequent few years. The Indian T20 league staged 74 matches within the not too long ago held IPL 2022.
“That is an aspect we have worked upon,” mentioned Jay Shah on the IPL extension.
As per the experiences, the IPL 2025 and 2026 could have 84 matches per season whereas within the subsequent season, we could even see 94 matches being staged within the competitors.
The present future tour programme will run till 2023 and can finish with the completion of the boys’s 50-over World Cup in India in 2023. The high-profile event shall be held in October-November.
Moreover, the BCCI is considering taking part in pleasant matches with a number of abroad franchises. There are excessive possibilities we might even see high groups of the IPL taking part in with high groups of different T20 leagues sooner or later.
“We are having discussions with various stake-holders,” Shah mentioned. “There are also multiple proposals for all the IPL franchises of playing friendlies overseas. That idea is being seriously contemplated but for that we also need to speak to other boards as we would need to know the schedule of international players.”
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