MUMBAI: Eleventh time in 15 years since its founding, Indian Premier League (IPL) is always moving in a direction that has changed the global cricket calendar as we know it. This year, it went beyond expectations.
Mostly thanks to the present BCCI government led by its secretary Jay Shahthe T20 marquee property has now created an expansive window for itself in the international calendar, one that will now allow the IPL to run for a full three months and ensure that any or all of the cricket is in the rest of the calendar. The world will be shut down for the time being.
Credit to ICCnew FTPIn this changing landscape, come to BCCI & Shah alone.
Manuscript of ICC Sightseeing program in the future (FTP) is ready, and the game’s parent company is selling media rights for the next financial cycle. While that happens, IPL – whose own media rights were sold in excess of Rs 48,000 crore last month – have assured that the ICC will not conduct any of its tournaments between March and May. 5 within the next 4 years and other cricket tables around the world as well, as members of the governing body.
Just as England played all cricket at home during the English summer and dedicated those three months to itself when cricket in most other parts of the Southern Hemisphere paused; like Australia refused to compete anywhere else but stayed at home on boxing day and started the new year with organizing Big Bash League (BBL); India has finally beefed up its muscles to ensure there are no cricket matches while the IPL goes on.
During IPL’s recent expansion of the addition of new franchises and ultimately the sale of media rights, Shah, who has always been interested in ICC affairs, has shown particular interest. to not only creating a larger window for the IPL, but also ensuring player availability worldwide.
“This, he realizes for sure, is imperative if he is to add franchises to the IPL and ensure player availability, which is crucial to the overall state of the league. Now. Now, both of these factors have two basic requirements: a) a larger and an exclusivity window; b) guarantee that the player doesn’t have any other commitments for the time being.
“As you can see in the new FTP draft, both of these boxes are ticked,” those tracking developments said.
For the first time since IPL’s introduction, BCCI haggled for an exclusivity window. In the past, cricket administrators from India may have had enough influence on a global level but were very limited in negotiating for an IPL-specific window knowing that if they did, so did the other councils, thus messing up the bilateral structure for the rest of the year.
“However, what has happened during this time is that T20 tournaments have sprung up around the world, have tried to create their own business models and are either growing on their own or are struggling. towel – in my opinion. However, the problem is that the calendar is packed and skewed and an exclusive window is marked as an answer in the future.So it’s time for BCCI and IPL to take the step. go first and recognition must be given to Shah and his team for acting quickly here,” the source added.
Hundred and the BBL also have current respective windows on the international calendar, but these will run in tandem with their upcoming bilateral engagements. In particular, IPL alone has tried to bargain for absolute monopoly while India will continue to make bilateral commitments alternately later this year.
In fact, India’s cricket administration – at its lowest level between 2017 and 2019, thanks to some past administrators of its own working against BCCI’s interests at the ICC – has forced India to lose initiatives on a global level, thus putting them on the back foot. In a packed calendar where exclusivity remains the game, BCCI fought back and took only what it rightfully deserved.
The ICC and its members went up in smoke on Saturday after the final draft of the FTP was leaked to the media and certain cricket boards, especially the Pakistan which will now struggle to find a chance for a T20 tournament of its own, is clearly unhappy with these developments.
“Now, it doesn’t matter who at ICC is trying to get credit here for this draft FTP or who in the industry thinks they’ve managed to influence this. The point is, global cricket is now in the game. strength and BCCI is back to setting the field up,” said a leading cricketer in the industry.
As the giant that keeps the world cricket financially viable, India’s cricket board does only what’s best for the game’s most valuable asset ever.
Mostly thanks to the present BCCI government led by its secretary Jay Shahthe T20 marquee property has now created an expansive window for itself in the international calendar, one that will now allow the IPL to run for a full three months and ensure that any or all of the cricket is in the rest of the calendar. The world will be shut down for the time being.
Credit to ICCnew FTPIn this changing landscape, come to BCCI & Shah alone.
Manuscript of ICC Sightseeing program in the future (FTP) is ready, and the game’s parent company is selling media rights for the next financial cycle. While that happens, IPL – whose own media rights were sold in excess of Rs 48,000 crore last month – have assured that the ICC will not conduct any of its tournaments between March and May. 5 within the next 4 years and other cricket tables around the world as well, as members of the governing body.
Just as England played all cricket at home during the English summer and dedicated those three months to itself when cricket in most other parts of the Southern Hemisphere paused; like Australia refused to compete anywhere else but stayed at home on boxing day and started the new year with organizing Big Bash League (BBL); India has finally beefed up its muscles to ensure there are no cricket matches while the IPL goes on.
During IPL’s recent expansion of the addition of new franchises and ultimately the sale of media rights, Shah, who has always been interested in ICC affairs, has shown particular interest. to not only creating a larger window for the IPL, but also ensuring player availability worldwide.
“This, he realizes for sure, is imperative if he is to add franchises to the IPL and ensure player availability, which is crucial to the overall state of the league. Now. Now, both of these factors have two basic requirements: a) a larger and an exclusivity window; b) guarantee that the player doesn’t have any other commitments for the time being.
“As you can see in the new FTP draft, both of these boxes are ticked,” those tracking developments said.
For the first time since IPL’s introduction, BCCI haggled for an exclusivity window. In the past, cricket administrators from India may have had enough influence on a global level but were very limited in negotiating for an IPL-specific window knowing that if they did, so did the other councils, thus messing up the bilateral structure for the rest of the year.
“However, what has happened during this time is that T20 tournaments have sprung up around the world, have tried to create their own business models and are either growing on their own or are struggling. towel – in my opinion. However, the problem is that the calendar is packed and skewed and an exclusive window is marked as an answer in the future.So it’s time for BCCI and IPL to take the step. go first and recognition must be given to Shah and his team for acting quickly here,” the source added.
Hundred and the BBL also have current respective windows on the international calendar, but these will run in tandem with their upcoming bilateral engagements. In particular, IPL alone has tried to bargain for absolute monopoly while India will continue to make bilateral commitments alternately later this year.
In fact, India’s cricket administration – at its lowest level between 2017 and 2019, thanks to some past administrators of its own working against BCCI’s interests at the ICC – has forced India to lose initiatives on a global level, thus putting them on the back foot. In a packed calendar where exclusivity remains the game, BCCI fought back and took only what it rightfully deserved.
The ICC and its members went up in smoke on Saturday after the final draft of the FTP was leaked to the media and certain cricket boards, especially the Pakistan which will now struggle to find a chance for a T20 tournament of its own, is clearly unhappy with these developments.
“Now, it doesn’t matter who at ICC is trying to get credit here for this draft FTP or who in the industry thinks they’ve managed to influence this. The point is, global cricket is now in the game. strength and BCCI is back to setting the field up,” said a leading cricketer in the industry.
As the giant that keeps the world cricket financially viable, India’s cricket board does only what’s best for the game’s most valuable asset ever.
