BCCI Eyeing to Conduct Two IPL’s in a Year – REPORT

Mumbai: The cash-rich Indian Premier League is easily one of the biggest franchise leagues in the world and hence everybody wants to be a part of it. With the 2024 season set to get underway in less than two weeks from now, the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) is planning to host two IPL’s in one year. The idea was floated a couple of years back by then India coach Ravi Shastri. But again, everything depends on finding the right window to go ahead with conducting two IPL’s a year.

“In the IPL Media Rights for the five year (2023-2027) cycle, we are planning 74 games in the first two seasons, then gradually go upto 84 in the next two and 94 if we get that kind of a window. As of now, the kind of bilateral arrangement that we have for the coming four years, we need to find a window for 84 games and subsequently for 94,” IPL Chairman Arun Dhumal told The Telegraph.

“The season is so packed with the bilateral arrangements and ICC events happening every year, it is difficult to find time. But, if there is a window available and if we can do something creative, which adds value to what we are doing, definetely we will look at that,” Dhumal added.

Earlier, Dhumal confirmed that and also said that franchises could only retain upto 3-4 players and the rest would have to be purchased at the mega-auction in 2025. As per Dhumal, all franchises would then have a new team which would make the format more interesting.