In an interview to Daily Telegraph, the IPL commissioner – Lalit Modi has dropped a hint that the IPL could be held twice a year.
In Modi’s own words:
“The IPL will be based in India, but the second season (of a year) that we are planning gives us the chance to see if a market exists and we are seriously looking at what we can do with it”
The response that IPL-2 got from cricket fans in South Africa has definitely encouraged Modi to think bigger now and he is looking at various possible opportunities.
Now the big question that arises is whether or not there is any scope for another IPL within the same year? We already have the World Cup T20 happening every alternate year, annual Champions League starting this year, other ODI series and Test matches that happen all the year around… wow, isn’t that a lot of cricket?
Do you think it could end up being too much of T20 to handle? How will it impact the audience of test matches and ODIs, I wonder…?
If its true.. then when will the people work? 😛
(They will watch match or work)
If the IPL wants two seasons a year, it needs to become an international premier league. No national quotas, just cricket.