BCCI AGM set to approve 10-team IPL but only from 2022 edition

BCCI's all-powerful general body will give approval to a 10-team Indian Premier League during its Annual General Body Meeting on Thursday but it will only materialise in 2022 inste of current year.

One of major points in nda of BCCI's AGM to be held in Ahmedab is inclusion of new IPL franchises. It is learnt that most of stakeholders feel that having a nine or 10-team IPL in 2021 will be a hasty decision with new franchises getting very little time to build a competitive team.

"re are a lot of modalities that needs to be discussed and most of stakeholders feel that with IPL being held in April, re is very little time for a mega auction and to have a uniform retention policy, agreeable to all existing franchises," a senior BCCI official told PTI on conditions of anymity.

'Little time to plan'

"You have to invite tenders and have a bidding process rey. In case you have two teams winning bids in late January or early February, y need to be given time for auction which can n be held only in March. That leaves a new team with very little time to plan," he ded. 

A 10-team IPL means 94 games and nearly two and half month window which can throw international calendar into disarray. Also, availability of top foreign players for entire duration of IPL needs to be ensured and brocast money per year which is for 60 matches also needs to be re-negotiated. 

As of w, Star India pays Rs 16,347.50 crore for a period between 2018-2022 and till date it was for 60 matches per year. Some of biggest names who seem to be interested in buying teams include business tycoons Gautam ani and Sanjeev Goenka (erstwhile owner of Rising Pune Supergiants).

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