‘Bhai yeh tho reverse colonization ho gaya’ – Fans react as top English Cricketers consider quitting their Central Contracts for IPL
The IPL franchises have invested in SA20, CPL and many other leagues.
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Apr 27, 2023 11:51 am
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In what will be big news in the World of cricket, the bigwigs of top IPL franchises are trying to convince 6 England players to say goodbye to international cricket. These top-flight players will then take up lucrative contracts annually which can go to 5 million pounds (50 crores INR) which will, in turn, mean they will play in T20 Leagues around the year, a Times report said.
The report, however, did not mention as to which franchises have made the approach and who are the players involved. The 10 IPL franchises have splurged out money in overseas leagues all across the world. The Leagues include the SA20, CPL, and Major League T20 in US and ILT20 in Abu Dhabi. This will mean that the IPL franchises will become one big unit where the players will play T20 cricket for franchises. It looks like cricket is looking to go the football way.
If the deal is accepted, the Indian Team would become the main employer of the players – The Times
‘The Times’ report states: “Initial discussions have taken place after at least six English players, including some international stars, were approached by IPL franchise owners and asked whether, in principle, they would accept a deal that would make an Indian team their main employer, rather than the ECB or an English county.” One of the papers claimed that big discussions have already been dome with the Australian players. Now the same idea is being floated to the English Cricketers.
“Discussions have already taken place with a number of high-profile Australian players about full-time deals but this has now been extended to English players. Contracts could be worth upwards of GBP 2 million a year and even as high as GBP 5 million — more than five times the value of the highest England central contracts.” Another paper said.
With the way, the IPL franchises have mushroomed across T20 Leagues all over the world, it could only be a matter of time before things take shape and fall into place this way. This could hint at the death knell for international cricket as cricket goes the football way where players play more for their clubs than their country.
We are heading towards what football has been from 100 years ago. Playing pointless bilateral series and stuff don't pull any crowd, and that's why cricket has suffered badly to expand. Most prolly, cricket is gonna get structured like football.
Not a good news for international cricket..international cricket between national teams is still the essence of cricket that draws crowds and creates stars.. giving all the time to leagues based on just attracting indian crowd is not going to work in long run..balance is needed
