England Cricket Board and BCCI be a part of arms to scuttle bold Saudi T20: Report

The bold Saudi T20 league, which is believed to be a USD 400 million mission, will not be backed by the BCCI or the England and Wales Cricket Board as they attempt to shield their respective flagship tourneys from getting diluted, British newspaper The Guardian has reported.

“Throughout discussions on the World Take a look at Championship remaining at Lord’s this month, the ECB and BCCI agreed to unite in opposing the brand new league. The boards agreed they might not difficulty “no objection certificates” to their gamers to join the brand new competitors, in addition to lobbying the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) to withhold their endorsement,” the newspaper wrote.

Apparently Cricket Australia (CA) was eager on partnering with Saudi buyers within the league.

“Below plans that emerged in Australia this 12 months, Saudi’s SRJ Sports activities Investments has pledged to inject USD 400m to arrange the brand new league, which might have eight groups enjoying 4 tournaments in several areas every year in a set-up that has been in comparison with tennis’s Grand Slams,” Guardian stated.

For CA, the principle goal is to earn revenue from the money influx by a non-public investor because the Huge Bash League (BBL) franchises are owned by the governing physique and the states.

Nevertheless, IPL is a USD 12 billion product and the ECB is all set to get richer by GBP 520m (USD 700 million) from the sale of 49% of the eight ‘Hundred franhises’.

“Cricket South Africa raised greater than GBP 100m (USD 136 million) by promoting franchises in its SA20 competitors to Indian Premier League homeowners three years in the past.”

The paper additionally reported that the ICC, at present run by former BCCI secretary Jay Shah, is unlikely to go in opposition to the needs of the Indian board.

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