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Most franchises in favour of current format - Mallya

Cricinfo staff

June 24, 2010

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Vijay Mallya, owner of the Royal Challengers Bangalore, has been approached by most of the IPL franchises to be their spokesperson © Associated Press

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In Focus: The IPL Mess

Series/Tournaments: Indian Premier League

The BCCI has set up a three-man committee consisting of Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi to make recommendations to the board based on discussions with IPL team owners over several matters pertaining to the player auction later this year, and the undefined fourth edition of the tournament next year. Gavaskar, Shastri and Pataudi are all members of the IPL governing council.

The decision to set up the committee was taken at a meeting earlier today in Mumbai between interim IPL chairman Chirayu Amin and the franchise owners. Amin was meeting the owners for the first time since the suspension of Lalit Modi.

According to Vijay Mallya, the owner of Royal Challengers Bangalore, most of the owners expressed their desire to retain the current format of the tournament, with 94 games to be played on a home and away basis. The owners also suggested that all the players should go into the auction pool (no player retention) and that the salary cap be raised to US$9m from US$7 million.

"The franchises are of the view that the current format should be retained, with one home game and one away game. The three-man committee will take on board what all we've said, and take the appropriate steps," Mallya told reporters after the meeting.

When asked about the main issues discussed at the meeting, Mallya said: "One was regarding the players, whether they should be retained or dropped into an auction pool. The majority view of the franchisees is that all players should be put into the auction pool. Second was regarding the salary cap - most of us suggested a cap of US$9 million. [And the] format should not change. There should be home and away games even with two new teams." Mallya also confirmed that most franchise owners had approached him to be their spokesperson.

B Vanchi, a director of the GMR Group, which owns the Delhi Daredevils, said he was encouraged by the board's willingness to discuss all the concerns of the franchisees and that only an open dialogue could lead to a resolution. He also told reporters no official decisions would be taken until the three-man committee sent its recommendations to the BCCI. In the meantime, he expected there would be many more meetings between the owners and the board.

"They have constituted a three-member committee of Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar and Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, who will make suitable recommendations and there will be further discussions between the franchises and the BCCI on this issue," he said. "Suggestions have been taken on every issue: Player retention, auction, cap, squad cap, salary cap, everything. But all are suggestions flowing from our side to them and their side to us. Nothing is decided. There is still a lot of time."

Comments: 17

Posted by SridharKalyan on (June 26 2010, 12:12 PM GMT)

People who comment on the possibility of 94 matches need to take a good look at the English Premier League. Each of the 20 EPL teams play one home and one away match against the other 19. Thus even the 20th ranked team gets to play the top 5 at its home pitch, boosting revenue options for the team, which in turn improves their buying-power, leading to better performance and therefore higher rankings. This format also allows the viewers to choose those games taht they want to follow either on TV or at the ground itself. Thirdly, the 90-mts game is as much physically intense as the 180-mts T20 game, if not more; so there is no reason why our pampered heroes cannot play 4 games a week. My biggest crib against these T20 matches is the irritating interruptions from the advertisers; just watch an EPL match and do a comparitive study, to understand why a football match is anyday better to watch than a cricket match, where there is a break at the end of every over (i.e. every 4 mins)!

Posted by on (June 26 2010, 06:23 AM GMT)

Mr. Raja Visvanathan Cricket is our religion don't hurt our hearts.show ur angry to Indian politician.so many money grubbers in political

Posted by shim on (June 25 2010, 17:56 PM GMT)

I hope Ravi Shastri & co. make a same decision and reduce the IPL games to half or less. Otherwise, you can kiss off of India doing anything in the next years world cup. The top players will be too fatigued and tired by the time the world cup starts. I don't know why BCCI doesn't seem to realize this. May it's the greed of additional revenues. Another idea is to make sure India's most likely world cup players play no more than a limited number of games. May this should be the norm for all players. This way the bench can get soemgames also. May be some will shine as a result. Any way soem food for thought. The current format is too long and too boring.

Posted by on (June 25 2010, 16:12 PM GMT)

It is not surprising that the franchises wont want the number of matches to be reduced. It will also be a surprise if there is a limit on the number of matches a player can play. It is upto the player to decide what he wants to do with his career. He has to make informed decisions. Dont forget that not all international players have been lured in by IPL. Several Australian players like Michael Clarke chose not to be involved with the IPL because they did not want it to affect their international career. It is morally wrong to force a player to play only a certain number of matches. If he wants to burn himself out in the IPL, it is his choice. Of course the player should not later blame the board for scheduling too many matches. It is entirely upto the individual player to manage his schedule.

Posted by on (June 25 2010, 10:44 AM GMT)

(Contd.,) (On Next Day Chirayu Ameen, the New chief Announced that the current format of IPL has been retained. there is no changes and we happily announced that that 2 more teams will be included in next session of IPL). India - Killing the Cricket Rulz.

Posted by on (June 25 2010, 10:43 AM GMT)

(BCCI): Sir, Its not possible to play 94 games without rest. It just exhausted all players. (Mallaya): Then how we r making profit by using IPL? India have a plenty of crazy cricket fans and they watching IPL even not taking food. (BCCI): We know Sir. Any format of cricket is eligible to sell in India, because lot of fools available here. This is the only motive why we start the IPL..But we tell u that we also consider the players fitness. (Mallaya):y r u worried about players fitness. we need money and whatever we do for making money. IPL is a business only..ok? (BCCI): Finally wat u r asking?? (Mallaya) : Nothing. The current format of IPL Procedure will be retained. (BCCI): ok.. we will accept ur request. But all of U please accept our request that every francies should give some amount to us separately. will u agree to us? (Mallaya): ok. we will agreed ur point. But we need another 2 teams for next IPL session because we adjusted the amount giving u. (BCCI) : ok.ok. (cont.)

Posted by vivekv26907 on (June 25 2010, 09:21 AM GMT)

94 matches...2months...a long time...many overseas players will be absent for all the matches...The 3 member committee can consider the fixtures of NBA.....they have 2 pools...each team will play 2 games with the teams of their own pool and one game with the remaining...

Posted by on (June 25 2010, 08:51 AM GMT)

Gavaskar is there in the committee so most probably he will let the players to be retained as he is a mumbaikar and will support MI + sachin combo...so no u think its ironic??

Posted by on (June 25 2010, 08:13 AM GMT)

I think the matches surely need to be reduced... with 94 matches it will not be that interesting but will become too streched... Also then players will complain about too much partying ;-)

Posted by on (June 25 2010, 07:54 AM GMT)

It looks like chariot being pulled by horses in different directions (referring to IPL) so in the end it is going nowhere. The guys who should be running show are washing dirty linen in public and more keen on covering their backs then formulating a strategy. The so called governing council is toothless. I dont see this tournament running long and now with more teams coming in more hara kiri i suppose. You need one strong hand to run the show unfortunately I dont see it happen. Sad for the young cricketers who want to show their skills

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