BCCI vs PCB – IPL 2023 LONGER WINDOW: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is not happy with a potential longer window for IPL. After BCCI Secretary Jay Shah said IPL will have a two-and-a-half-month window in next FTP cycle, PCB sources told PTI that they will hold discussions with other boards. They believe booking top players for over 74 days will have adverse effect on bilateral cricket. Follow Live Updates of Cricket & Other Sports on InsideSport.IN.
The PCB official said that the PCB was happy to see the money coming into cricket. However, the BCCI’s plans to totally book the top international players for the IPL every year could have an adverse effect on international bilateral series.
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BCCI vs PCB: Pakistan Cricket Board UNHAPPY with potential 74-day window for IPL, says ‘Booking top players will have adverse effect on bilateral cricket’
BCCI vs PCB: Pakistan Cricket Board UNHAPPY with potential 74-day window for IPL, says ‘Booking top players will have adverse effect on bilateral cricket’
Instead, the PCB wants to have discussions with other Boards on the proposed dedicated two and half month window for IPL in ICC’s next FTP calendar.
Pakistan board’s reaction came a day after BCCI secretary Jay Shah told PTI that IPL will have a “two and a half month window” in ICC’s next FTP cycle starting from 2024 till 2031.
“From the next FTP cycle, IPL will have an official two-and-a-half-month window so that all the top international cricketers can participate. We have had discussions with various boards as well as the ICC,” Jay Shah told PTI.
BCCI vs PCB: Pakistan Cricket Board UNHAPPY with potential 74-day window for IPL, says ‘Booking top players will have adverse effect on bilateral cricket’
The PCB feels that the matter needs discussion.
“The ICC board meeting will be held during the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in July and this matter will probably be discussed there,” a PCB source said.
“Mr Jay Shah has said the BCCI is committed to international bilateral cricket but with so many leagues cropping up and the IPL planning expansion this has to be discussed among the cricket boards,” the PCB official added.
BCCI vs PCB: Pakistan Cricket Board UNHAPPY with potential 74-day window for IPL, says ‘Booking top players will have adverse effect on bilateral cricket’
Pakistani players have not been included in the IPL auctions after first edition since Mumbai terror attack in 2008.
While several Pakistani cricketers took part in the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League, but since then, they have not been included to be part of the cash-rich league nor does the BCCI play any bilateral series with Pakistan due to the tense cross-border relationship.
Many cricket analysts and critics see the enormous money channelised into the IPL in the latest media rights as something that will eventually change the face of international cricket with the ongoing FTP calendar ending with the 2023 World Cup in India.
BCCI vs PCB: Pakistan Cricket Board UNHAPPY with potential 74-day window for IPL, says ‘Booking top players will have adverse effect on bilateral cricket’
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