Indian Premier League (IPL) going from eight to 10 teams have done the rounds for quite some time. Now it has declared by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that the IPL 2021 Phase 2 in UAE will be the last time the tournament will play with eight teams.
As per the BCCI’s treasurer Arun Dhumal, IPL 2022 will see 10 teams play and the cricket board is working on the tender process which will be release soon.
Arun Dhumal Said :
“Everybody is looking up to the IPL now; we believe it will be an exciting tournament in UAE. This would be the last season of IPL with eight teams. Surely there will be 10 teams next time. We are working on that,”.
While Arun Dhumal was ask when the two new teams will be finalize then the BCCI official refuse to reveal further on the issue.
The Tender Documents will be release by the end of August.
The BCCI will likely be finalising the two teams by the middle of October.
BCCI set to welcome two new teams from the 2022 edition but the buzz around the said teams have begun.
While some cricket pandits believe that one team will be from Ahmedabad after the newly built Narendra Modi Stadium at Motera.
Also many believe that it will be the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow.
Apart from Ahmedabad, Pune, and Lucknow the other cities that will be in contention for the two slots would likely be Kanpur, Guwahati, Indore, Kochi, Raipur, and Trivandrum.
Base Price for IPL Teams
The purses of the teams are also set to increase by around INR 5 crore each.
Till last year the BCCI was planning to keep 1500 crore as the base price for the new IPL teams.
The recent investments in Rajasthan Royals (RR) at a very high valuation have change the entire dynamics.
BCCI is planning the sale of two teams before the start of the remaining phase of the current edition of the league.
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