Is It Even Possible To Compete Or Compare Yourself With The IPL? Aakash Chopra Questions Ramiz Raja's Statement

Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra downplayed the comments of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, Ramiz Raja after he publicly said that the players might start preferring the PSL over the IPL if they switched from the draft system to the auction system.

However, Chopra asserted that no cricketing league in the world can come anywhere close to the might of the IPL, which has comfortably been established as the biggest and the richest league in the world.

“Even if you do an auction instead of drafts, it is not going to happen, you will not see a player playing for 16 crores in the PSL. It cannot happen at all, market dynamics are not going to allow that to happen, it’s as simple as that.”

“To be very honest, Chris Morris’ one ball, when he played last time, was more expensive than the players’ salary in other leagues. Is it even possible to compete or compare yourself with the IPL, whether it is PSL, BBL, The Hundred or the CPL? Is it a slightly misplaced judgment?” Chopra said in a video on his YouTube channel.

Aakash Chopra explains the ‘asset’ that makes the difference

Chopra pointed out that the Indian people are responsible for making the IPL as big as it is, claiming that their undivided attention in the months of April and May helps set the league apart from the others.

“The price is decided based on how much money you get from the rights, at what price the teams are sold and then there is a total purse according to which you play. All these are interlinked, they are not separate. If someone sees them separately, he is going to get defeated.”

“The story starts with the broadcaster on what value it puts on a property. The biggest thing India has is the people who watch, they are the ones who pay a lot of money, our 130 crores public. That is the asset we have that nobody else has,” he concluded.

The IPL 2022 season begins on March 26 with the first match between CSK and KKR.

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