The wealthy owners from a few of the most prominent Indian Premier League franchises are reportedly looking to offer six top England players a lavish multi-million dollar deal in an effort to persuade them to forego international cricket and instead play franchise cricket all year long, according to a report in PTI via the “Times London.”
The claimed amounts are around 5 million pounds or around 50 crore Indian rupees. The majority of the 10 IPL franchises are now dabbling in overseas markets, supporting leagues throughout the world like the Caribbean Premier League, the SA T20 League in South Africa, the ILT20 League of the UAE, and the impending Major League Cricket in the USA.
The report was published in the Press Trust of Inda whose source was known to be Times London. They spoke about the development of such an issue and how players may be available on getting full-term basis. “This development follows discussions among players’ unions around the world about the potential implications of 12-month franchise contracts, which would be a significant step towards the football model of elite players being primarily contracted to their team and released for international duty, rather than the other way around.”
The report further spoke about who all have been asked about this prospective plan. They said, “The probability of such a model being adopted has grown increasingly likely in recent years as some IPL franchise owners have bought stakes in several T20 tournaments in the UAE, South Africa, Caribbean and now the United States with the new Major League Cricket venture which begins in July.”
The report further spoke about who all have been asked about this prospective plan. They said, “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, which is more than five times the value of the highest England central contracts.”
Fans react to reports of English players rejecting central contracts for IPL contracts: –
Top English players are considering signing full-time contract with IPL teams and quitting their central contract. (Reported by The Times):
– Contracts could be worth from 20cr to 50cr a year.
– They will play in different leagues for a franchise (upto 7 months).
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 27, 2023
History repit na #IPL rahega India lekin lagega English ka
— N I K H I L (@nikhilkalavale) April 27, 2023
Feeling sad for PSL
— unknown user (@tamilan_jr) April 27, 2023
Expectation : end of international cricket
Reality: End of PSL— AD (@cricadharsh) April 27, 2023
Icc khatam hone wala hai bookmark this..Ipl will become monopoly ?? only league circket chalegi ??
— ritzzz (@CShubhs) April 27, 2023
Winston Churchill would have never expected this 75 years ago. That one day English superstars will leave England to work for Indian franchise ? History is so weird and funny sometimes.
— Dhiraj Srivastava (@Dhiraj_Ruler) April 27, 2023
Mai toh IPL ke alawa aur koi leagues dekhne ka mann nhi…
IPL and international cricket bas dekhunga— Khan (@Khanmohammed12) April 27, 2023
I guess this move is just to avoid players signing contracts with Saudi Cricket league (supposedly to be the richest cricket league) as IPL want to maintain its dominance..what’s your thoughts @mufaddal_vohra bhai?
— SleepyOwl (@Nav_tweets) April 27, 2023
Greatest thing to happen since the invention of Cricket
— WTF Cricket (@CricketWtf) April 27, 2023
Cricket slowly slowly football bann nee jaa rahaa woo wakat dur nahi he jab cricket sirf league chale giii or 4 saal 1 World Cup
— Riya_ Panchal_9933 ?? (@Riya993311) April 27, 2023
Why is cricket always targeted? In football, FIFA pays clubs to release their players even for events like the World Cup, but no one talks about players nationality or morality or ethics. But in cricket, if this culture is starting, everyone will raise questions.
— Anirudh Awasthi ?? (@AnirudhAwasthi3) April 27, 2023
