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The 15th season of the world-renowned IPL concluded this year with 74 matches across 10 teams for 65 days and a feast for the fans with many unexpected twists and turns. Started in 2008 as an ordinary T20 series with 8 teams, this IPL has seen a lot of evolution every year in the last 15 years and today it has become the number one T20 series in the world. Many legends like AB de Villiers have praised the IPL as being better than the ICC World Cups as most of the matches go to the last over and the fans give unexpected results.
Also, this series has made the BCCI the richest cricket board than the ICC that runs the international matches, which rakes in thousands of crores every year. More recently, the broadcast rights for the period 2023 – 2027 were auctioned for a whopping Rs 48,930 crore, taking the value of an IPL match to Rs 107.5 crore. Therefore, IPL has become the world’s number 2 highest grossing sports series, ahead of sports such as football and basketball conducted by American and English countries such as MPL and EPL.
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Selfish BCCI:
As a result, the IPL, which will be held as a series of 84 and 94 matches in the coming period of 2023-2027, is going to expand further. The IPL has seen tremendous growth as a determining factor in world cricket as even the ICC cannot stop this. Through this, IPL has made cricket the number one sport in the world and the highest earning series. However, due to this, there is a risk of extinction of international T20 matches.
And this IPL series has seen BCCI behaving selfishly at many moments. Especially BCCI which allows foreign players to play in IPL does not allow Indian players in any foreign series including Big Bash. As a result, the quality of foreign T20 series decreases and the quality of the country in the international arena also decreases. For example, South Africa, which once had world-class players, has been struggling in international cricket in recent times.
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De Silva claims:
That’s because the players who play in the current era after the retirement of the legends are playing in the IPL series. But Indian players are not participating in the T20 series in that country. Don’t ask if that has nothing to do with it.
Because without the participation of quality Indian players, the South African players who play in the T20 series in the country are also unable to participate in quality matches, which indirectly causes them to become quality players. Sri Lankan legend Aravinda de Silva has requested BCCI to allow Indian players to play in foreign series for the development of countries like South Africa, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
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He has asked the BCCI to change their thinking, which is currently acting as a justice for the village as a justice for them. “This makes it look like the county cricket series at that time was in favor of England players. However, all series like IPL, Big Bash should be a place to raise the standard of players. From the IPL series you can see which country is dominating the international arena. “They have a monopoly over other premier leagues.”
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“Because Indian players are not allowed in other leagues. If this situation continues, the quality of international matches will be affected at some point if the quality in other league series is lacking. Therefore, India should work to find a solution for this and provide necessary support to other countries. Otherwise it will cause negative events for cricket. It is the responsibility of the ICC, which governs world cricket, to ensure that all these countries grow together. Otherwise, we don’t want to see a situation like Zimbabwe and South Africa,” he said.
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