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India should ease grip on T20 leagues: Aravinda

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Wed Jul 6, 2022 05:58 PM Last update on: Wed Jul 6, 2022 06:06 PM
Former Sri Lankan captain Aravinda de Silva. Photo: AFP

Former Sri Lanka captain Aravinda de Silva acknowledged that the IPL and other T20 leagues have benefited cricket, but urged India to allow star players to take part in tournaments overseas.

The Indian Premier League has grown into cricket's hottest property attracting top foreign talent such as England's Jos Buttler and Australia's David Warner for millions of dollars to play in the high-octane two-month jamboree.

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Aravinda, known for aggressive batting during an illustrious career that included a 1996 World Cup triumph, likened the current T20 leagues to English domestic cricket in the latter part of the last century, which attracted top players from all around the world to learn their craft and gain experience.

"It's like the county cricket of those days which gave the English cricketers the advantage," the 56-year-old, who played for English county Kent in the 1990s, told AFP.

"The IPL, Big Bash or in England the Hundred and T20 Blitz, those are tournaments which allow players to develop."

The Indian Premier League started in 2008 and has spawned copycat tournaments around the world.

But it remains the biggest draw with a recent media rights auction valuing the IPL at a whopping $6.2 billion, or $15 million per match, making it bigger in those terms than football's English Premier League which is valued at $11 million per match.

Aravinda said India should enable smaller nations to share in the riches generated to grow the game, raise global playing standards and improve skill levels, something that would ultimately benefit the IPL.

"If you have one dominating country, you can see from the IPL, they basically run a monopoly on the premier leagues because the Indian cricketers are not allowed to play in other leagues," Aravinda said.

"So what will probably happen is that the standard -- if it keeps dropping and if there is no real competition -- at some point it's going to affect the global game.

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"Unless (India) find a way to support the other countries and get them up to grips with the kind of support levels which the game requires nowadays, it's a negative for the cricket world.

"It's the (world governing body) ICC's responsibility to make sure that it's done in a manner where these countries keep developing, otherwise we don't want a situation like Zimbabwe and South Africa, how they dipped from their standard of cricket."

Sri Lankan players have individually reaped rewards from the IPL. Leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for $1.42 million and was the second-highest wicket taker in this year's 10-team tournament.

Sri Lanka's version, the LPL, was last played in 2021, with five teams captained by Sri Lanka stars including Angelo Mathews and Niroshan Dickwella and Aravinda also praised Pakistan for putting up a great show with the Pakistan Super League despite a lack of publicity and resources.

Sri Lanka are currently 1-0 down to Australia in a two-match series but Aravinda was confident the hosts can fight back in the second Test beginning on Friday in Galle.

And he was grateful to Australia for touring the island nation for a five-match one-day international series and two Tests, bringing some joy to Sri Lankan people who are suffering from an unprecedented economic crisis.

"We definitely saw the passion even with all these issues, we had some full houses during the one-day series," said Aravinda.

"(I am) thankful to the Australians who decided to come and bring some smiles to the Sri Lankan people. It was amazing. My heartfelt gratitude goes to them."
 

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