IPL 2023: IPL Franchise Owners Offering Multi-Million Pound Annual Deal To 6 English Players - Reports

In what has been the latest development, as per the reports in Times London, it is learned that Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises have offered multi-million contracts to as many as six English players. The franchise owners have asked them to quit international cricket and play with them in different T20 leagues across the globe.

The IPL owners have invested in various leagues in CPL (West Indies), SA20 (South Africa), ILT20 (UAE) Major League T20 in the US and reportedly will ply their trade in the Saudi T20 league. The reports didn’t reveal the name of franchises and the players in the deal.

IPL I2023 | Dream11 Prediction | Fantasy Cricket Tips | Cricket Match Prediction Today | Cricket News | Cricket Live Score

“This development follows discussions among players’ unions around the world about the potential implications of 12-month franchise contracts, which would be a significant step towards the football model of elite players being primarily contracted to their team and released for international duty, rather than the other way around.,” Times Report quoted.

IPL 2023 | India National Cricket Team | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | Delhi Capitals (DC) | Gujarat Titans (GT) | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | Lucknow Supergiants (LSG) | Mumbai Indians (MI) | Punjab Kings (PBKS) | Rajasthan Royals (RR) | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH)

The reports also suggested that franchise owners will soon release the contract offers and it’s fair to say that with the growing advent of T20 leagues around the world, many players would be eager to accept the deal. Many players from various countries have decided to choose franchise cricket over international duties.

Also Read: MI vs RR: “Tim David Needs To Learn And Understand The Game A Little Bit More”- Tom Moody Believes David Can Fill Kieron Pollard’s Shoes

IPL 2023: Discussions have already taken place with a number of high-profile Australian players – Reports

The reports also highlighted that franchise owners have already had discussions with Australian players related to the same and the contracts could be around 5 million. The reports said:

“Discussions have already taken place with a number of high-profile Australian players about full-time deals but this has now been extended to English players. Contracts could be worth upwards of GBP 2 million a year and even as high as GBP 5 million — more than five times the value of the highest England central contracts.”

It is also learned that English players can have partial contracts both with ECB or county and the IPL franchise, especially, the ones who play white-ball cricket.

Also Read: RR vs CSK: “Mahi Bhai Told Me, Just Do Whatever You Know” – Shaik Rasheed Speaks On His First Interaction With MS Dhoni

Virat Kohli | Rohit Sharma | Rishabh Pant | KL Rahul | Suryakumar Yadav | Sanju Samson | Shreyas Iyer | Yuzvendra Chahal | Jasprit Bumrah