Hope for bigger IPL window in ICC’s next cycle from 2027: Arun Dhumal
IPL chairman Arun Dhumal tells TOI that other boards are starting leagues for revenue as bilaterals are not adding enough value, allays fears over depreciating media rights value next year, and maintains that BCCI will maintain good relations with boards after the Mustafizur Rahman fiasco.
DHARAMSALA: IPL chairman Arun Dhumal was a busy man overseeing the preparations at the HPCA Stadium here on the eve of the match between Punjab Kings and RCB. In a chat with TOI, he spoke about the controversies, relationship with Bangladesh board after the Mustafizur Rahman fiasco, IPL’s Valuation, Expansion And WPL. Excerpts...
IPL has run into a few off-field controversies this year... There have been a couple of instances. As per rules, whatever strict enforcement that BCCI could have done, the action has already been taken by the relevant people — be it ACSU or match referees.
We are very firm when it comes to the integrity of the game. There has been more hype in the media. The game is very clean.
The boys know how to behave and what to do. Wherever there has been any instance wherein something would have happened inadvertently, that has been dealt with very strongly. Ousting Mustafizur Rahman from the IPL snowballed into a major crisis ahead of the T20 World Cup.
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