The ICC approves of the IPL extended window. There isn’t much international cricket scheduled in the next four years during the IPL’s window.
The BCCI Secretary Jay Shah previously revealed the board’s plans to extend the Indian Premier League window to 10 weeks. The plans have finally come together. The IPL will now have a longer window in the Future Tours Programme (FTP) calendar. Allowing more international cricketers to participate in the cash-rich event.
As franchise-base cricket grows in popularity. The Indian Premier League grant a two-and-a-half-month window beginning with the next season. Every year, the official window for the IPL falls between the last week of March and the first week of June. However, according to recent developments, the time slot will now be extended by two weeks.
According to ESPNCricinfo, the ICC’s most recent Future Tours Programme (FTP) near-final draft document details the new schedule changes. Although it has had a fairly formal slot in the calendar for several years. This version backs up BCCI secretary Jay Shah’s statement last month about a two-week extension. There haven’t been many international cricket matches schedule in those four years.
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The number of matches will increase by the end of the five-year broadcasting cycle.
The IPL featured eight teams between 2014 and 2021, resulting in 60 games per season. In 2022, there will be ten franchises and 74 matches. During the auction of its media rights for the next five years, the BCCI estimated a range of matches per season, from 74 games in 2023 and 2024 to 84 matches in 2025 and ’26, and a maximum of 94 matches for the deal’s final year in 2027.
The sale of the league’s broadcast rights for the next five years last month increased the wealth of the world’s richest board by $6.2 billion. In the 15th edition of the IPL, two new teams were added, and Gujarat Titans, one of the new entrants, went on to defeat the inaugural winners Rajasthan Royals in the finals to win the coveted cup.
The Lucknow Super Giants were the other team to join the league this year, and the two franchises spent a combine $1.7 billion to get there. The IPL became even more intriguing with its expansion to a 10-team competition, and both new entrants made the playoffs.
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