Sunil Gavaskar & Company have come out with a series of new reforms for the next three editions of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Sunil Gavaskar & Company have come out with a series of new reforms for the next three editions of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Taking into account their suggestions, the IPL resolved the vexed issues of player retention and volume of matches from next edition onwards. The governing council met here on Sunday to approve the recommendations.
As was first reported by DNA, the next edition of the IPL will be a 74-match affair. It has done away with semifinals. The Twenty20 competition will have four play-off matches among the top four teams. The play-offs protect the interest of the top two teams. Unlike in the first three editions, the top two teams can still make it to the final even after losing a play-off match.
The biggest surprise Gavaskar, MAK Pataudi and Ravi Shastri came out with was the formula for retention.
The existing eight teams can retain up to four players with $4.5 million ($1.8 million for Player No.1, $1.3 million for Player No.2, $900,000 for Player No.3 and $500,000 for Player No.4) but it does not mean that player will get the nominated amount.
If Mahendra Singh Dhoni were to be the Player No.1 for Chennai Super Kings, the franchise will lose $1.8m from its purse. The formula prevents any rival team, as once Gavaskar noted, mischievously inflate the price of a player. “The final price is between the player and the team,” explained an official.
This effectively means Dhoni can stay with CSK for more or less than $1.8 million. The permitted purse for each franchise is $9 million.
The main point of interest, however, is the reaction of the franchises, more pertinently, the two new ones. Initial reactions suggest the teams contend that the formula is tailor-made for a select few teams. They reject the suggestion that new teams can nominate their four players who have not been part of the
Twenty20 extravaganza so far. “It means we have to lose out on our purse for the IPL rejects,” said one official. However, one IPL official said the governing council’s decisions are final and binding. Originally, the IPL was to have 94 matches from next year.
By bringing it down to 74, the BCCI is likely to lose out on its revenue which, according to one estimate, may run up to more than Rs1,000 crore in the next seven years. But IPL and BCCI officials are unfazed.
“We’re not worried about what we may have lost by downsizing the league. We’re looking at what we’re gaining by going up to 74 games from 60. There are priorities for the board, 94 matches are not practical. In such a scenario, we would have had to host three matches a day. That means one game would have to be played during daytime in hot summer. We need to look at the larger picture,”’ said IPL vice-chairman Niranjan Shah.
The fourth edition of the IPL is scheduled to start on April 8 next year and may last up to 50 days. The schedule hasn’t been finalised yet.
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