"Can't Hide From That": Ravi Shastri Hints At 2 IPL Seasons In A Year

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Ravi Shastri said that international T20 matches should be restricted to World Cups, with bigger windows opening up for franchise-based leagues like the IPL.

Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri has suggested that bilateral T20 series between countries are done away with and international matches in the shortest format restricted to World Cups every two years to create a bigger window for franchise tournaments like the Indian Premier League (IPL). Shastri, who was India's coach for 2021 T20 World Cup, claimed that "no one remembers" bilateral tournaments. He suggested that cricket go the football way, where club competitions are more prevalent and international matches largely played in big tournaments like the World Cup.

He even said that in the future, there could be two seasons of the IPL in a year.

"Yes, absolutely, there's too much of bilateral stuff going on in T20 cricket," Shastri said on ESPNcricinfo.

"I've said that, even when I was the coach of India, I could see it happening in front of my eyes. It should go the football way, where, in T20 cricket, you just play the World Cup. Bilateral tournaments - no one remembers," he said.

"I don't remember a single game in the last six-seven years as coach of India, barring the World Cup. A team wins the World Cup, they will remember it. Unfortunately, we didn't, so I don't remember that either," said Shastri.

"Where I am coming from is: you play franchise cricket around the globe; each country is allowed to have their franchise cricket, which is their domestic cricket, and then, every two years, you come and play a World Cup," he explained.

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"That's the future. It could be tomorrow - 140 games, split 70-70. In two seasons," Shastri said on the suggestion of two IPL seasons in a year.

"You never know. That's the way it's going to go. That's the way it's developed as a beast of a property. And you cannot hide away from that," he said.

https://sports.ndtv.com/ipl-2022/ra...nternationals-just-play-the-world-cup-3028224

 

[Ab Fan]

Not too sure about 2 IPL seasons but I completely agree with Ravi Shastri 's point of shelving T20 cricket. This is exactly what I proposed some time back. This is the best way to reduce the excess of T20 cricket and as a result, international cricket like tests and ODIs will also not lose the shine, especially ODIs.

The best way to schedule the matches to take every factor into consideration like relevance to international cricket, Financial security and privilege through league cricket and not getting used to too much of T20 cricket is as follows :-

1. Two months of IPL cricket ( that's two months of T20 cricket every year). For other teams, their leagues like BBL, PSL, CPL etc.

2. Only World T20s should be played. No bilateral T20 should be played. This is how World T20 remains the pinnacle of the format and IPL and other leagues can be treated as money making bilaterals.

3. Outside of the two months of IPL, we have 10 months of international cricket which is all about Test cricket and ODI cricket. 3 Tests and 5 ODIs should be brought back again. This is how the Odis will remain relevant and not lose its shine.

4. The financial aspect is also covered up here if you shelve bilaterals T20s because the league cricket is here to stay and the financial incentives are way better for boards and players through that.

Play Tests, ODIs and World T20 ( once in two year) and league cricket which is always an optional choice for players and also for fans.

 

[topspin]

Not enough for me. We need 3 or 4 at least.

 

[Ab Fan]

Conclusion for my above post:-

1. 2 Months of IPL
2. 10 tests on average per year and a WTC on odd years.
3. 20 ODIs on average per year and a World Cup once in four years.
4. World T20 tournament once in two years(even years) and other league cricket( like IPL, PSL etc which are money making leagues) which will be optional for players and fans but can be used as a mode of preparation for WT20. No international T20s.

 

[U$ofA]

I do not think the IPL season will be split. Neither should it be. I think IPL will eventually settle at about three months. This will give room for increasing the number of games. I think it is going to be 96 games starting next season.

I think the posts on this forum about the IPL are not true to reality. I think there is a huge appetite for it.

I do agree with Shastri on bilateral T20. It should be shelved to focus on tests and perhaps some ODI's. Leave the T20's to franchise and keep internationals to tests and some ODI's.

Of course all this is hypothetical and speculation. The IPL will in the end do what is best for it's bottom line and what the fans want.

 

[Rana]

Uh oh

Rizwan and Babar will not be able to claim they are the best T20 openers in the world if we shelve pointless international T20’s against C teams of SA, ENG, Aus and NZ )

 

[BunnyRabbit]

He had been talking a lot of sane stuff recently but he's just followed it up with a classic Shastri.
t20 cricket and ipl is not the be all and end all of all cricket.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Dont agree one bit.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Its a good shout.

Each season should last no more than 5 months though to allow a window for international cricket.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

"I've said that, even when I was the coach of India, I could see it happening in front of my eyes. It should go the football way, where, in T20 cricket, you just play the World Cup. Bilateral tournaments - no one remembers," he said.

"I don't remember a single game in the last six-seven years as coach of India, barring the World Cup. A team wins the World Cup, they will remember it. Unfortunately, we didn't, so I don't remember that either," said Shastri.


Looks like he had consumed an extra bottle of whisky before spouting out this nonsense. And he was our coach lol.

 

[gazza619]

He does have a point about bi-lateral white ball.

But i would rather we have the Sharjah Cups and the Asia Cups every year

 

[Bewal Express]

I can't wait for this.

 

[AMSS]

Dont agree one bit.

What happened vro? Aa gaya swaad?

Shastri is the voice of BCCI establishment - both from the administrative and broadcasting side. He knows the kind of conversations and projections that are already being drawn for the future of IPL 5 years from now.

And you were telling me how BCCI will enforce something something.

 

[Mp812]

Agree that bilateral T20 games should not happen. T20 should be restricted to leagues like ipl and bbl etc. A cricket series should ideally have 4 test matches and 4 odis both home and away tour

 

[Kroll]

Will they have one season that allows the Pak players and one that upholds the ban to keep the haters happy?

 

[Abstraction1]

Uh oh

Rizwan and Babar will not be able to claim they are the best T20 openers in the world if we shelve pointless international T20’s against C teams of SA, ENG, Aus and NZ )

Cry more. I'm guessing you're still mad Pakistan whooped India by 10 wickets in the World Cup.

 

[hitthestump]

Bilateral cricket keeps some semblance of competitiveness in international cricket.

If we only have leagues then literally all the best players only play in India for their 6 month IPL, England and Australia get the best of the rest, and the rest get the dregs.

The lack of interest and financial gain from home leagues would mean boards outside of the big 3 would quickly wilt and international cricket dies within a decade.

 

[shujaatraza]

Uh oh

Rizwan and Babar will not be able to claim they are the best T20 openers in the world if we shelve pointless international T20’s against C teams of SA, ENG, Aus and NZ )

Question: why is petrol so expensive now in Pakistan?
Rana’s answer: but but the only time Rizwan and Babar are useful when they play as openers.

 

[the Great Khan]

this will kill cricket..end of..

 

[Saj]

Why not just stop international cricket altogether and just have T20 leagues.

The death of international cricket is a possibility.

 

[sweep_shot]

2 IPL seasons in 1 year? Damn!

I hope it doesn't happen.

 

[PakLFC]

More IPL type matches will kill international Cricket. I've no issues with it if he is only talking about India.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

All fans except IPL ones know that IPL has destroyed International Cricket and will kill it sooner than expected if it keeps extending its window. However it is of no use to explain it to IPL fans because most of them love cheap entertainment, bet money on these pyjama matches, prefer quantity over quality, want to boast about IPL money and they certainly don't give a damn about international cricket.

 

[cricketjoshila]

What happened vro? Aa gaya swaad?

Shastri is the voice of BCCI establishment - both from the administrative and broadcasting side. He knows the kind of conversations and projections that are already being drawn for the future of IPL 5 years from now.

And you were telling me how BCCI will enforce something something.

Shastri is not. He is hated by Ganguly and Shah. Shastri was anti Dalmiya too. He only speaks for the mumbai and Maharashtra lobby.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

All fans except IPL ones know that IPL has destroyed International Cricket and will kill it sooner than expected if it keeps extending its window. However it is of no use to explain it to IPL fans because most of them love cheap entertainment, bet money on these pyjama matches, prefer quantity over quality, want to boast about IPL money and they certainly don't give a damn about international cricket.

Hopefully international cricket goes towards it’s slow death. Future is franchise based cricket with few elite teams playing Test matches and world events.

 

[Energy]

Hopefully international cricket goes towards it’s slow death. Future is franchise based cricket with few elite teams playing Test matches and world events.

That's a nice lucid dream to have. If international cricket was to die, it would have died by now despite IPL being there for more than a decade. Nobody apart from Indian audience is interested in Gujurat v Lucknow rivalry or new additions of Patiala and Kerala.

Franchise cricket will always be a niche concept and solely driven by finances and nothing else. And there are too many versions of it now for it to become anything meaningful.

 

[silentkiller187]

Hopefully international cricket goes towards it’s slow death. Future is franchise based cricket with few elite teams playing Test matches and world events.

The problem with only elite teams playing test matches, is funding will dropfor all test playing nations, cuts at grass roots in a lot of countries, international player quality will further diminish , that will lead to a slower death of the game as a whole. IPL with few foreigners isn't as marketable as people would think.

 

[U$ofA]

All fans except IPL ones know that IPL has destroyed International Cricket and will kill it sooner than expected if it keeps extending its window. However it is of no use to explain it to IPL fans because most of them love cheap entertainment, bet money on these pyjama matches, prefer quantity over quality, want to boast about IPL money and they certainly don't give a damn about international cricket.

That's a nice lucid dream to have. If international cricket was to die, it would have died by now despite IPL being there for more than a decade. Nobody apart from Indian audience is interested in Gujurat v Lucknow rivalry or new additions of Patiala and Kerala.

Franchise cricket will always be a niche concept and solely driven by finances and nothing else. And there are too many versions of it now for it to become anything meaningful.

I am confused. So, has/will IPL destroy international cricket or not? It can only be one or the other.

 

[CricketAnalyst]

What happened vro? Aa gaya swaad?

Shastri is the voice of BCCI establishment - both from the administrative and broadcasting side. He knows the kind of conversations and projections that are already being drawn for the future of IPL 5 years from now.

And you were telling me how BCCI will enforce something something.

Kaunsa establishment hai yeh? Inko to nikal diya Kohli ke saath. Ab to bas whiskey pita hai, moment mai jeeta hai etc.

He spouts all kinds of rubbish. From no angle is Ravi Shastri establishment of BCCI. If anything him and Kohli have been removed more because of their pro Test anti T20 views, rather than woke politics and Shastri being alcoholic. Their performance has also been less than brilliant which didn't help their case.

 

[CricketAnalyst]

That's a nice lucid dream to have. If international cricket was to die, it would have died by now despite IPL being there for more than a decade. Nobody apart from Indian audience is interested in Gujurat v Lucknow rivalry or new additions of Patiala and Kerala.

Franchise cricket will always be a niche concept and solely driven by finances and nothing else. And there are too many versions of it now for it to become anything meaningful.

Firstly this isn't true, secondly, even if it was true that's the majority of the market.

Till now the same bodies have been in charge of both franchise cricket and international cricket, thus there has been no direct competition.

Now enough stakeholders are there in franchise cricket, who are demanding that potential of franchise cricket be unlocked. This means franchise cricket has to stop subsidising international cricket and start competing.

Shastri is right about this. He's just into wishful thinking when he suggests that T20s will be cut to preserve his favourite Test format. That will not happen.

 

[CricketAnalyst]

Why not just stop international cricket altogether and just have T20 leagues.

The death of international cricket is a possibility.

You are asking this rhetorically, but it's a serious question.

International cricket still has a point, but bilateral cricket does not.

Only proper tournaments should be played internationally. One off contests are lacking in context; even in Test cricket.

 

[James]

Not enough for me. We need 3 or 4 at least.

One a month for me.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Dont care if they do away with bilateral T20....but please dont have two IPL's in a year, one is enough ...& whilst at it reduce the length and the number of games....

 

[ads101]

The most efficient way in terms of improving competitiveness of cricket, increasing money so teams are self sufficient and increasing viewership is to adopt a similar strategy to football. Domestic season long t20 leagues with world cups. Cricket is losing to football all the time and can not compete under the current structure. Fans would also take pride in their own individual cities/states which would have a positive effect on their areas.

I think it’s the future honestly. Tournaments like the IPL wouldn’t be like they are now, the quality would be far higher, players would actually have to earn their place on merit and perform season long. Even countries like Pakistan could raise money for their teams without relying on the money from other countries touring them. It would also allow cricketers all over the world stable incomes if they perform instead of being just limited to their country. Would also fix the problem of so many domestic players playing in front of empty stands as people only care about international cricket. Cricket would likely become more competitive and professional as a result, just like football.

I used to be against this but not sure now. Watching football you can just see how it’s improved their state of the game, while in cricket standard seems to be getting worse particularly in tests.

 

[Rajdeep]

Think people are missing the point that Shastri is trying to make. He is not talking about entire international cricket but just the T20 internationals.

It is a fact that bilateral T20s outside World cups are irrelevant. Most teams dont even play their main side. Teams like Australia always play their fringe players in bilateral T20 series and laugh their way to the trophy with the main team come T20 world cup. Shastri, being a long time coach of India, have witnessed it first hand how meaningless these bilateral T20s are and hence asking to replace it with leagues like IPL.

If you ask any purist lover of the game like [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] or [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] etc., they dont even consider T20 as real cricket. For them there is not much difference between American baseball and T20 cricket. I am sure even players dont care about it much.

Had he proposed IPL to replace Test cricket or ODIs, that would have been a problem. But he is wise enough to understand test cricket is the pinnacle. Infact, BCCI actively encourages more test matches and almost certainly keeping the format alive along with CA/ECB.

I think there should be 10 months of international cricket only comprising of Tests and ODIs.

2 months of IPL cricket

WT20 every 2 years.

WTC every 2 years

50 over world cup every 4 years.

Only associate teams should be playing bilateral T20 series.

 

[Cricfan4eva]

Why not just stop international cricket altogether and just have T20 leagues.

The death of international cricket is a possibility.

Strange coming from a person who follows football.

Has international football died? Isn't FIFA WC the biggest football tournament around?

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Hopefully international cricket goes towards it’s slow death. Future is franchise based cricket with few elite teams playing Test matches and world events.

You are confusing cricket with football here. From where will you find international superstars for IPL if international cricket dies? Is that hard to understand?

 

[Cricfan4eva]

Had he proposed IPL to replace Test cricket or ODIs, that would have been a problem. But he is wise enough to understand test cricket is the pinnacle. Infact, BCCI actively encourages more test matches and almost certainly keeping the format alive along with CA/ECB.

Why? ODIs scrapping is definitely not a problem but a solution to solve the mess cricket finds itself in. Cricket atm is in a soul searching phase.

Test = top format when it comes to quality and how the pundits, players rate it. It isn't commercially viable though, so it will become an elite only format. A SL vs WI will have to be funded by ICC or else why would those 2 boards pay money to play a format that doesn't make money?

ODIs increasingly are becoming pointless too. What is the point of 2 short formats, 2 world cups? In the next decade you'll see even ODI world cup lose it's relevance like the ODI bilaterals have.

T20 is the format to stay, so T20 World Cup has to be the pinnacle sporting event. ICC is just letting things happen and watching as market forces dictate how they run rather than proactively doing something about it.

Tests will go on - although elite only format.
T20 will increasingly decrease outside World Cup. (broadcasters wont pay sh1t for depleted squads)
Franchise cricket will keep broadening. (While IPL seems to have a plan. CA has been neglecting BBL and England are messing around with The100 instead of working upon an already hit product they have T20 Blast)

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Strange coming from a person who follows football.

Has international football died? Isn't FIFA WC the biggest football tournament around?

How many countries play cricket as compared to football? You have EPL, La Liga, Bundesliga, Italian Serie A type leagues in football, whereas in cricket you have never ending IPL and other mini leagues. Same players playing for different franchises. No loyalty, no fanbase at all. How will they grow and from where will you find international standard players if international cricket dies?

 

[Cricfan4eva]

How many countries play cricket as compared to football? You have EPL, La Liga, Bundesliga, Italian Serie A type leagues in football, whereas in cricket you have never ending IPL and other mini leagues. Same players playing for different franchises. No loyalty, no fanbase at all. How will they grow and from where will you find international standard players if international cricket dies?

PL in it's current format started in 1992
La Liga started in 1929
Bundesliga started in 1962
Serie A started in 1898

But let's sh1t on IPL, a 15 year old league for not being of the same standard lol.

IPL or even the whole franchise league system is in it's infancy stage in cricket. It doesn't help ICC, and the boards aren't doing much to structure it and pave way for it to grow faster.

As for where will we get international stars from? I think you won't need international stars to draw viewers once the clubs have an established following, some of them already have a massive following in India. In future you'd see cricket even go the football route where young finds will be far more costlier to sign than your 'established international stars'.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

PL in it's current format started in 1992
La Liga started in 1929
Bundesliga started in 1962
Serie A started in 1898

But let's sh1t on IPL, a 15 year old league for not being of the same standard lol.

IPL or even the whole franchise league system is in it's infancy stage in cricket. It doesn't help ICC, and the boards aren't doing much to structure it and pave way for it to grow faster.

As for where will we get international stars from? I think you won't need international stars to draw viewers once the clubs have an established following, some of them already have a massive following in India. In future you'd see cricket even go the football route where young finds will be far more costlier to sign than your 'established international stars'.

So how many countries play cricket as compared to football?

Fans will get bored from these Shuklas and Sharmas after 5 years. They will need international standard players. Already TV ratings for IPL are declining. Just think.

 

[U$ofA]

So how many countries play cricket as compared to football?

Fans will get bored from these Shuklas and Sharmas after 5 years. They will need international standard players. Already TV ratings for IPL are declining. Just think.

That is a good thing for international cricket. The market forces will take care of things. IPL will wind down on it's own.

 

[shujaatraza]

PL in it's current format started in 1992
La Liga started in 1929
Bundesliga started in 1962
Serie A started in 1898

But let's sh1t on IPL, a 15 year old league for not being of the same standard lol.

IPL or even the whole franchise league system is in it's infancy stage in cricket. It doesn't help ICC, and the boards aren't doing much to structure it and pave way for it to grow faster.

As for where will we get international stars from? I think you won't need international stars to draw viewers once the clubs have an established following, some of them already have a massive following in India. In future you'd see cricket even go the football route where young finds will be far more costlier to sign than your 'established international stars'.

All the football leagues don’t require you to play at least 7-8 local players in your starting 11. IPL will also need to let this rule go if they want IPL all year long or twice a year.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

You are confusing cricket with football here. From where will you find international superstars for IPL if international cricket dies? Is that hard to understand?

No. I just want boring International Bilateral series, especially the T20 ones to die off and franchise leagues with exciting games to prosper. May be your understanding is different.. This is the future.

 

[mazkhan]

Ipl is only relevant amongst indians , it has failed to galvanise other nationalities like domestic football leagues have across the world like premier league , serie a , la liga etc .

No one cares or knows about cricket and especially ipl and neither are players household names like football stars. I would love to really see the figures on how many people actually have the interest and time to watch ipl in the UK and follow it from Start to finish I bet most of the viewers are indians even in the UK.

 

[Titan24]

Always surprises me the way some fans, experts and ex cricketers think that T20 cricket throughout the year is a product cricket has to offer to compete with the rest of the sports. Don't think it can compete when it comes to league model taking the huge chunk of the calendar as that's not how the cricketing world and the sport is designed or will be attractive enough for most sports lover where the sport in the T20 format becomes as monotonous as anything can even in a 3 weeks time let alone watching it for 6 months or so.

Take out international cricket, it will take out the anticipation to see a performing league player in international cricket as it will only happen when there is some world event and that is a big interest atleast for some cricket fans in the backdrop of all the things that go on in the front of the leagues. Not only that, the success of T20 leagues has been highly dependent upon international stars playing in them, be it Gayle, ABD, Babar, Kohli etc. The brand they bring to the league is built by playing international cricket and tons of performances they have given at that level. You take out those international bilateral and other performances, that takes away the main chunk of their brand. That subsequently takes out major chunk from the league's brand as well.

Biggest stars of the T20 leagues are top international stars with few exceptions, T20 cricket leagues neither have the capacity nor the potential to create stars from within the leagues and with no international cricket behind them to come and compete with the brand value of the international stars that play the league.

May fans, experts, administrators might be overlooking this very fact but, T20 leagues' success is highly dependent upon international cricket and the products it produces, the brands it creates.

 

[Babeikh]

Does he mean the tournament will be split into two smaller windows or does he mean two separate full seasons in one year? Ludicrous idea if the latter

 

[TheSultan]

People need to stop being delusional - no one cares about these pyjama league teams. I can’t even name any apart from the PSL teams and that’s only because I follow some of it to see any new pak talent. Even then I don’t care who wins or who loses.

Face it, they will not become household names like Barca, Madrid, Juve, Liverpool, Man U.

Cricket and football cannot be compared.

No one is invested in these pyjama league franchises

What could be lucrative is a year long international World T20 League. In cricket, across the world, people are only interested in International Teams

 

[AMSS]

Does he mean the tournament will be split into two smaller windows or does he mean two separate full seasons in one year? Ludicrous idea if the latter

He was not going into the specifics of the expansion. The question was put to him by a dum dum cricinfo host and Shastri being himself, riffed on that.

The key takeaway is that BCCI is bound to consider an expansion and if the broadcast deal on 11th of June touches 5 billion, consider it a fait accompli.

The more interesting bit came not from Shastri but Vettori. He pretty much said IPL should expand and everyone internationally will be onboard with it if they get their share in the pie.

 

[U$ofA]

He was not going into the specifics of the expansion. The question was put to him by a dum dum cricinfo host and Shastri being himself, riffed on that.

The key takeaway is that BCCI is bound to consider an expansion and if the broadcast deal on 11th of June touches 5 billion, consider it a fait accompli.

The more interesting bit came not from Shastri but Vettori. He pretty much said IPL should expand and everyone internationally will be onboard with it if they get their share in the pie.

Yes, the expansion is already a certainty. Going to be 96 games next season I think.

As far as share of the pie goes, the boards are already getting it. It is a question if they will get an increase. Perhaps the ICC will get some $$$ now. They currently do not get $$$. They bartered with BCCI for the IPL window.

 

[U$ofA]

People need to stop being delusional - no one cares about these pyjama league teams. I can’t even name any apart from the PSL teams and that’s only because I follow some of it to see any new pak talent. Even then I don’t care who wins or who loses.

Face it, they will not become household names like Barca, Madrid, Juve, Liverpool, Man U.

Cricket and football cannot be compared.

No one is invested in these pyjama league franchises

What could be lucrative is a year long international World T20 League. In cricket, across the world, people are only interested in International Teams[/QUOTE]

Are you sure? Because every board has started this IPL type league. I mean everyone. ECB have two of them! So there must be interest in these domestic tournaments.

 

[James]

Are you sure? Because every board has started this IPL type league. I mean everyone. ECB have two of them! So there must be interest in these domestic tournaments.

The T20 (Vitality) Blast has been going for almost two decades, it was the first licensed Twenty20 league and significantly predated the IPL.

The Hundred meanwhile is another beast altogether, is being used cynically by the ECB as a cash cow and is viewed by most legacy cricket fans in England very negatively.

 

[U$ofA]

The T20 (Vitality) Blast has been going for almost two decades, it was the first licensed Twenty20 league and significantly predated the IPL.

The Hundred meanwhile is another beast altogether, is being used cynically by the ECB as a cash cow and is viewed by most legacy cricket fans in England very negatively.

If it's viewed negatively, people would not bother to watch. If they don't watch no $$ generated. How is this a cash cow?

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

No. I just want boring International Bilateral series, especially the T20 ones to die off and franchise leagues with exciting games to prosper. May be your understanding is different.. This is the future.

So you are happy with 3 months IPL but want bilateral series to die off? Why? Not everyone watches IPL. Maybe you are feeling tired after a long season of IPL and thinking of bilaterals as boring now. TV ratings of IPL suggest how exciting it was lol.

 

[James]

If it's viewed negatively, people would not bother to watch. If they don't watch no $$ generated. How is this a cash cow?

Note that I said legacy cricket fans.

The majority of people who bought a ticket for The Hundred last year had not been to a cricket match before.

The Hundred is an ECB project, legacy fans in England are not interested and would not be able to name more than 1 or 2 of the regional teams at best.

 

[Arabian_Khaleefa]

People need to stop being delusional - no one cares about these pyjama league teams. I can’t even name any apart from the PSL teams and that’s only because I follow some of it to see any new pak talent. Even then I don’t care who wins or who loses.

Face it, they will not become household names like Barca, Madrid, Juve, Liverpool, Man U.

Cricket and football cannot be compared.

No one is invested in these pyjama league franchises

What could be lucrative is a year long international World T20 League. In cricket, across the world, people are only interested in International Teams[/QUOTE]

Are you sure? Because every board has started this IPL type league. I mean everyone. ECB have two of them! So there must be interest in these domestic tournaments.

Even the cricketing boards are not so interested about bilaterals nowadays and they have more interest in generating revenue from their respective leagues. International cricket has become secondary for them as it doesnt give them sound revenue when playing with other teams barring INDIA.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

So you are happy with 3 months IPL but want bilateral series to die off? Why? Not everyone watches IPL. Maybe you are feeling tired after a long season of IPL and thinking of bilaterals as boring now. TV ratings of IPL suggest how exciting it was lol.

I am happy with 9 months of IPL.. Did you forget to count the number of crowd in Ahmedabad final lol??

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

I am happy with 9 months of IPL.. Did you forget to count the number of crowd in Ahmedabad final lol??

You are happy with 9 months of IPL because you live in Australia and don't watch it.

If it was a final then you can expect a crowd there. We are talking about the drop in TV ratings which includes league matches as well and you are ignoring that.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

You are happy with 9 months of IPL because you live in Australia and don't watch it.

If it was a final then you can expect a crowd there. We are talking about the drop in TV ratings which includes league matches as well and you are ignoring that.

I live half the time in India and do watch it.. All the matches from start to end.
Ratings and money generated by a cricket match includes people watching in the ground as well now right?

 

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It's 410... and how the numbers add up. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has hinted at increasing the number of Indian Premier League (IPL) games per season in the next cycle of 2023-27. The immediate indications are that the number of games will add up to 410 with progressive increase after every two seasons.

It has been learnt that while there will be 74 games in the first two years of the new cycle - 2023 and 2024 - in the next couple of years, the number of games will be 84. In the fifth and final season of the cycle, it could be 94 although the BCCI has kept the option of 84 games also open. However, the bidders are believed to have been advised to go with the calculation of 410 games, and not 370.

Cricbuzz had reported on May 6 about the lack of clarity in the Invitation To Tender (ITT) over the number of games each season and cumulatively in five seasons and how clarifications were sought by those who have purchased the Invitation To Tender (ITT) document.

It is, however, not clear how the BCCI/IPL will break down the number of games for each team so that 84 and 94 numbers are added up perfectly. It is likely that in the case of 94 games, each team will play twice each, home and away - the regular format - followed by the four play-offs and that will add up to the big number.

However, the BCCI will have to devise a formula, just like this season for 74 games, for an 84-games edition. Currently, the league is divided into two virtual groups of five teams with each team playing twice against four others in its group, once against four of the other group and twice against the remaining one team. Four playoffs add up to 74. In case of 84, the formula could be twice against each side in one's own group, twice against two of the other group and once against the remaining three.

Clarity on this is yet to come but there is no ambiguity in the number of games for the Special non-exclusive Package (C) when the volume of games goes up in a season. As reported before, there would be 18 games in the special package for a 74-game season. It is now learnt that there will be 20 games for an 84-game season and 22 games in a 94-game edition. In total, the number of games in Package C in five years will be 96, which include the opening match of every season, the playoffs and the night matches of the double-headers.

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