Recent allegations state that Indian businessman Lalit Modi made a proposal to the England and Wales Cricket Board, or ECB. The idea calls for a total overhaul of The Hundred and has the potential to significantly increase the ECB’s revenue.
In order to comply with the T20 format, the ECB began the competition in 2021. Modi’s proposal for the same entails a USD 100 million purse for players spread over ten years as well as a USD 1 billion income guarantee for the ECB.
Lalit Modi suggested a 10-team competition with little input from the IPL teams, which would make the league predominantly English.
“It must be an English league and not one dominated by India; I have only proposed two IPL teams,” Modi said to Cricbuzz.
Not to be overlooked is the ECB’s intention to include private investors in its organizational framework. But Lalit Modi’s lifelong ban from the Indian cricket board, the BCCI, means that the ECB would only take his suggestion into consideration following discussions with the Indian board.
Since the BCCI is treating Lalit Modi like a pariah, the ECB, a sovereign and autonomous organization, may choose to confer with it for the benefit of their bilateral relations. Even though it doesn’t mention him by name, it nonetheless thrives on his ingenuity. No pundit ever used his name during the Indian Premier League, according to a reliable source.
Given that IPL teams like Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings have expressed interest in investing in the English league, more development may take place with this plan. A final decision on the topic could be made in April, when the privatization of the game in the UK is anticipated, according to a source with Sun TV Network, who claims that SRH’s owners have been in contact with ECB authorities.
Moreover, it has been stated that Hampshire County and GMR Group, which hold a portion of the Delhi Capitals, are in negotiations, though no decision has been made yet.
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