The prospect of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises becoming primary employers of foreign cricketers over their national boards is moving closer with multi-tournament contracts already being offered to some players.
Eight of the IPL's 10 franchises own at least one team in another league abroad and the owners of Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals have both acquired teams in new T20 tournaments in South Africa, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
And the situation is only likely to worsen for national boards as they struggle to match the multi-league contracts offered to their star players by private franchise owners. Cricket Australia last month announced a 7.5% pay increase for its centrally contracted players, while also raising the salary cap in its Big Bash League.
"Cricket has traditionally survived off country v country competition - this is not sustainable in the long term," he said.Cricket writer Nicholas Brookes, whose 'An Island's Eleven: The Story of Sri Lankan Cricket' was Wisden's Book of the Year in 2023, agreed with the football analogy.
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