Kersi, I have another way to look at this. We can construe IPL twice in different countries as an intrusion into other sports as well. This is welcome news for die-hard cricket fans and may be the way to make cricket a world game like soccer or basketball. I assume there is currently no salary cap in IPL. If they introduce salary cap like NRL then the IPL teams will be forced to take in players from second-tier domestic tournaments. Cricket may evolve like Rubgy – IPL will be the “Super 14” where the players are financially tied to and the other matches will be Test Matches. I am not a cricket fan but it looks like Lalit Mody is a leader unlike other cricket administrators who are merely administrators.
Gilly and Haydo were the success stories of the IPL
Kersi, I have another way to look at this. We can construe IPL twice in different countries as an intrusion into other sports as well. This is welcome news for die-hard cricket fans and may be the way to make cricket a world game like soccer or basketball. I assume there is currently no salary cap in IPL. If they introduce salary cap like NRL then the IPL teams will be forced to take in players from second-tier domestic tournaments. Cricket may evolve like Rubgy – IPL will be the “Super 14” where the players are financially tied to and the other matches will be Test Matches. I am not a cricket fan but it looks like Lalit Mody is a leader unlike other cricket administrators who are merely administrators.
Gilly and Haydo were the success stories of the IPL