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BCCI sold the media rights of IPL through e-auction for Rs 48390 crore, after which the demand for extending the tournament has started rising. Ness Wadia, the owner of Punjab Kings, has demanded to do it in two parts.
Ness Wadia, co-owner of Punjab Kings, believes that the Indian Cricket Board has secured a hefty $6.2 billion from media rights and hence the Indian Premier League should now be organized in two different seasons. should. The BCCI sold the media rights of the IPL through e-auction for Rs 48390 crore, which is almost three times more than the previous cycle.
There can be 94 matches in the IPL in the next five years. BCCI secretary Jay Shah has already said that the future tour schedule of the International Cricket Council (ICC) will have two and a half months for the IPL.
Wadia expressed hope that there will be more domestic matches in the IPL and its season will be prolonged. He told PTI, ‘IPL has taken cricket to a global level. IPL has provided cricket with much needed energy and made it a global sport. Now it will get bigger.
Wadia said, “Right now only seven matches are played on the home ground. This is very less. Their number should be at least 14. I really feel that now the IPL season will get longer which has been expected for a long time.
Wadia said, “If the IPL cannot be held for a long season of four months, then why not organize it in two seasons. One of these sessions can be held in India and the other in any other country. Indians are everywhere in the world. There is every possibility that there will be more matches in IPL now.
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