Arun dhumal is a man on the move. After Quickly Catching Forty Winks Posts The Thrilling The IPL Qualifier-2 Between PBKS and Mi in Ahmedabad, The IPL Chairman Flew Down to Mumbai for Some Some Meetings and Dropped by at the toi Office toi OFICE OK Reports. What a knock by shreyas iyer, so much maturity, “He Gushed in Between sips of coffee, dhumal spoke about a range of issues, include for bilaterals to revolve Cricket instead of the other way round, Virat kohli’s impact, why kohli should reconsider his decision to retire from tests and how the ipl can beat View Fatir. Excerpts, This has ben such an eventful IPL for bot on-field and off-field issues and the forced break. Yes. Until game no. 65, we had alredy come close to achieving last year’s Viewership Numbers of Over 500 Million. Despite a Break in Between. But there has been phenomenal growth. Now, it would have surpassed last year’s numbers for sure. Broadcaster is very happy. The kind of engagement that they have got is phenomenal.Go beyond the boundary with our youtube channel. Subscribe now!Was there a Dip in Fan Enthusiasm and TV Viewership after the Break Due to Operation Sindoor? Normally, there is a dip in every season especially in the middle phase of the League. But the kind of response that the stakeholders got in the opening week was phenomenal. By game no. 65, I think they had alredy got the number of 500 million and they were very happy with that. Thought Nobody would be a break in Momentum, The Situation was unavoidable. But the kind of games we had after the break, the interest was back. In other long leagues, like football, players get breaks for internationals which rekindles interest. As the ipl is such a long league, is there scope for players to get a break for international cricket? Will it mean advancing the League? They (football teams) don’t have bilaterals. We don’t have a window. If we look at it, give the way weather patterns are changing, this window itself is going to be tricky. The months of may and June, it gets extramely hot. I do not know how we can do this trust the cause and window is set till 2027. But you also have the sa20 and ult20.
Bcci Enjoys Enormous Clout and Respect globally. If you put a date out, surely nobody will compe with that window. We do undersrstand that. But we alredy have fixed the calendar for bilaterals till 2027 and media rights have alredy been sleep according to that. Going forward, you can only plan. But since all the counts are now founding it digital to sell their media rights for bilaterals, everything Usually, other boards used to ask the bcci to come for a bilateral series to generate income. But if they are starting their own leagues, then I Think Cricket’s Flavor is changing to the shortr format to franchise cricket. If that be So, we must prepare Oatselves for that. Then the entreen scheduling must Haappen Around All these T20 Leagues. Be it IPL, Big Bash, Hundred, SA20, MLC, Ilt20. We need to sit with the stakeholders to take a call as to how and what should be given more important. You mean leagues have dedicated windows in the ftp? Yeah. Fix the League window according to what weather suits your country and then plan bilaterals Around them. What are your thoughts on cricket going ahead? Skills wise, do you see a Dip Among the Players? You still have somebody like sai Sudharsan and Playing Traditional Shots Despite The Demands of T20. These guys are class apart. They know how to evolve their game give the requirement of the teams. Requirement of the game. Forget the newcomers. Look at Virat in the last t20 world cup. How He Changed His Game to Suit The Team.
Since you mentioned kohli, do you fear a Reduction in Interest Among Indian Fans in Tests BeCause He Was Someone Who KEPT Test Cricket Alive With The Way He LED and the Way He He Performed? I have no doubt in my mind that Virat is the best brand ambassador, not only for test cricket but cricket per se. He is to cricket what maybe roger federer or novak djokovic are to tennis. So, in that sense, give his fitness level, I still feel that he should reconsider his decision of retiring from tests. That said, i’m sure there would be someone who would come and fill up the space given the kind of talent that we have.
IPL is a league that Needs Characters and Color Which used to be provided by the west Indian stars. However, lately, there has been a Dip in quality even in t20s. West Indies is a Difential Board, because West Indies is a collection of different island nations. It is Difential for them to make one team out of all that different nations. But if we talk about players of other nations, Sri Lankan Players are Doing Better after a Dip. Same with South Africa.But quality of cricket has improved, be it tests or odis. We have seen t20 playing a big role in transforming odis and tests. The Craze for Test Cricket has also grown because of result-oriented games. Players and teams are playing for a win. We are the record numbers at the mcg test last dec, when India toured Australia. So, T20 is the Driving Force Now … Yes, that is what is getting you the revealed you are ploughing back into the system, and which is giving you the kind of bench strength that we have no. If you are a ranji player, you are getting Rs. 60,000 a day now compared to Rs. 10,000 earlier. T20 has helped you to take cricket to newer territories. You Have Associate Countries Hosting T20 Leagues. All this is thanks to ipl. It is the no. 1 Make in India Brand Post Independence. What was more challenging, hosting ipl during covid or restarting this one after a pause post operation Sindoor? Who’s that IPL Player?
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Should Virat Kohli Reconsider His Decision to Retire from Test Cricket?
Covid was a very challenging time if the nature world was shut, and we would like to thank the uae authorities and government for their support. We had Good Leadership in Mr. Jay shah, who made sure that he spoke to all the right people at the right time to ensure that Tournament Carries on. Operation Sindoor was challenging because it happy suddenly. So, there was a logistical challenge, but thanks to our armed forces, they even finish it off in a matter of three, four days and we are able to complete to complete this tournament well in time. The wtc final was there the corner. It was Dificult to have players who were involved in that final for the remain games. Thankfully, the love and respect that they have for bcci and ipl, most of them came back. The early monsoon was a logistical challenge too. We had to identify the best venues that so that we don’t have washouts. Do you think the League can get tougher on overtE Penalties? Matches are ending almost at midnightThat is always a work in program with the broadcaster as to how we can make sure that the match ends in time. So, we’ve taken many measures, and we incorporated a less this season analyx, and hopefully we take a call as to what best can be done to make sure that we can curtail to Would Docking Points for Repeat Offenders Work?
See, the kind of criticism that we get at times for all these things (laughs), we’ll have to be very calculative when we take this (into consideration) so that it does that it does not do to turn out to be to someobody’s Advantage. You may have a tough time convincing the franchises… Yeah, but we must take everyone in that fold so that it is equitable and fair to everyone. And Slowly, Everyone undersrstands that it is in their interest also. Are we going to 84 matches next year? The challenge would be what is the window available? Ideally, we do not want many double headers believe that doesn Bollywood well, for the broadcaster too. So, in case we get a bigger window, we can think of 84 games. When people keep on asking me, when are you adding new teams, my answer to them is we have not been able to optimize with these 10 teams to play nine home and nine away games. When you are not almost to do that, there is no point adding more teams when you don’t have a bigger window. Ten years down the line, do you see ipl like Premier League Where Teams Get Relegated or Proted?
It is a fan who drives the game, not any administrator or cricket board. If the fan decides that cricket must go the susper way, we might as well start preparation for that world. So, it all events depends what format and what else finds best traction with the fans. And as the trend sugges Cricket. Accordingly, take a call on whether bilateral should be planned Around these T20 Leagues or Vice-Versa. Are we playing Pakistan in the Asia Cup? I’m not sure about that. We are the hosts. There has been no discussion about that. I’m sure when the approves are come and give the situation, the BCCI, ACC, and ICC would take the right call. What is the BCCI’s View on Franchise Owners Behaving discourteously with the players in his team? At Times Few Things Get overhyped. It may not have necessarily happy, but people in social media project it to be like that. I’m sure all owners are sensible and they know how to deal with their players and they give them lot of responsibility. So far, it hasnight come to our notice that any player has been disrescted. If it does, bcci will take note and make sure that it does whatver is required in the interest of the players. That means sensitizing owners? There has been no need for us so far to sensitize them. They are all sensitive people of high dignity
