IPL 2023 New Schedule – ICC Future Tour Programs: As reported earlier by InsideSport the International Cricket Council has ceded to BCCI request for longer window for the Indian Premier League (IPL). From now IPL will be a 74 DAYS affair. IPL 2023 will now start in the 2ND week of March and will end by 1st week of JUNE. It is worth noting that IPL so far starts in last week of March: Follow All IPL 2023 LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
- IPL 2023 will start by 2nd week of March. The 74-day window for the 16th season of IPL will end in 1st week of JUNE
- The ICC has recently finalized plans for the upcoming Future Tours and Programmes (FTP)
- No BIG International Cricket series will be played during this WINDOW
IPL 2023 New Schedule: ICC allows longer window, IPL 2023 to start MID-MARCH and will end in 1st week of June 2023: CHECK DETAILS
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IPL set for Marathon two and half months
Earlier in June it was confirmed by Sourav Ganguly and Jay Shah, IPL is set to get two and half a month official window from IPL 2023 on the FTP calendar as per the final draft. Furthermore, Cricket Australia’s BBL and England’s The Hundred will also get windows, cutting into bilateral cricket.
The plans were made official in the ICC meeting held in Birmingham were the newly proposed plans were discussed. Every year, between second and third week of March and the first week of June will be earmarked for IPL. While IPL currently enjoys a 54-day window, Jay Shah confirmed that it will be extended. The BCCI has also set plans to revert to home and away matches which will make it a 94-match affair compared to 74 games in the current format.
ICC FTP 2023-27: What does the new draft say?
- The final draft confirms IPL’s extended window to 74 days.
- No matches will be scheduled during this period. But cricket boards can schedule bilateral series during this period on their own.
- But unlike IPL, BBL and The Hundred or other franchise leagues won’t have official ICC window.
- All other franchise leagues will clash with bilateral series and sometimes with each other.
- But as per the new FTP, CA will have its own BBL window while ECB will create their own for The Hundred.
- However, it creates an interesting situation as PSL and IPL are set to clash, at least some part, in 2025.
- As the Champions Trophy in Pakistan gets over on March 9, PSL can only happen after that.
- If IPL 2025 is played as per schedule, the closing week of PSL and opening week of IPL will clash, meaning players will have to prioritize.
IPL 2023 New Schedule: ICC allows longer window, IPL 2023 to start MID-MARCH and will end in 1st week of June 2023: CHECK DETAILS
Franchise Leagues scheduled for 2023 apart from IPL
- BBL: Big Bash League: December 2022 – January 2023
- ILT20: International T20 League: January- February 2023
- BPL: Bangladesh Premier League: January – February 2023
- CSA T20: CSA T20 League: January – February 2023
- PSL: Pakistan Super League: February – March 2023
Team India’s busy FTP schedule
The Indian team will play 138 bilateral international matches during this five-year phase between May 2023 to April 2027. India will take part in 38 Tests, 39 ODIs and 61 T20Is — the rise in the number of T20s is a clear indication of the direction where the game is heading. The ODI bilaterals will mostly be three-match series.
Following the success of the last India-Australia series Down Under last year which went to the final session of the final day to produce a winner, it has been decided to make the Border-Gavaskar Trophy a five-Test series.
IPL 2023 New Schedule: ICC allows longer window, IPL 2023 to start MID-MARCH and will end in 1st week of June 2023: CHECK DETAILS
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