Cricket is changing. The The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a franchise-based Twenty20 competition organised by the BCCI, and it has official sanction since it has the backing of the ICC. It features the world's best cricketers, their affiliation decided by open auction, for eight city-based franchises, owned by a host of businessmen and celebrity consortiums. The inaugural edition of the tournament will run from April 18 to June 1.
The tournament will feature 59 matches in total, the teams playing each other on a home-and-away basis. This has been likened to the European Champions league format in football. The tournament has created excitement among fans, but controversy in the game.
Although sanctioned by the ICC, the tournament clashes with the Englsih domestic league. the only English player to sign up so far is Dmitri Mascheranhas.
Players' boss Sean Morris says England cricketers want to play in the Indian Premier League. "The value of the cricketer has just increased through what is happening in the IPL," Morris told BBC Sport.
"It's perfectly natural for the PCA to want our members to take advantage of that - it's a unique opportunity
Morris was replying to comments made earlier by Giles Clarke, the chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
"We are not interested in people playing in the IPL," Clarke said, before adding that he would not change the domestic calendar to suit the Indian league.
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