10 teams for 2022 IPL, BCCI backs cricket in Olympics bid

The BCCIs governing body on Thursday ratified the entry of two new franchises in the IPL to make it a 10team affair from 2022 and also decided to back the ICCs push for crickets inclusion in the 2028 Olympics during its Annual General Meeting hereTwo new teams will be introduced in the 2022 IPL a Board source told PTI It is learnt that time at hand is too short for even a nineteam IPL next year as an elaborate tenderfloating process increase of matches and ensuring that all foreign players international calendars are adjusted would be prove to be a herculean taskT20 in 2028 LA GamesIn another major development the Board in principle decided to back the ICCs bid for inclusion of cricket in the T20 format in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics after getting some clarifications from the International Olympic Committee The BCCI is an autonomous body and it would like to maintain its autonomy Our legal team is looking to get a few clarifications Obviously cricket in Olympics is great for the game the member who attended the AGM saidBCCI may lose USD 123mThe BCCI has decided that if its does not get full tax exemption from the government of India to host the World T20 next year as sought by the ICC then it would agree to deduction from its annual revenue of 390m from the global body We have told the ICC that we will approach our government for tax rebate but if we dont get that exemption the amount which is around 123m will be deducted from our annual revenue so we will get around 267m But India is hosting the 2021 T20 World Cup the source saidDomestic boostAlso it was decided that all firstclass players both men and women will be suitably compensated for the curtailed domestic season due to the COVID19 pandemic The BCCI plans to get the domestic season underway after several months delay in January with the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 championshipAsked about the money to be set aside for this the Board source said The BCCI will give a lumpsum compensation amount to the state units Now they will draw up their own list and accordingly compensate their male and female playersShukla is new VPIn other decisions veteran Congress leader Rajiv Shukla was officially anointed the Boards vice president in place of his protege Mahim Verma from Uttarakhand Brijesh Patel will continue as the chairman of the IPL Governing CouncilKVP Rao sackedThe BCCI has sacked GM Game Development KVP Rao While Rao in a sarcastic letter to state units termed leaving BCCI as his happiest day it is learnt that in general his lack of proper action plan amid the COVID19 pandemic was one of the reasons for his ouster Rao a former Bihar captain looked after operations for domestic cricketUmpires to retire at 60The BCCIs affiliated scorers and umpires will now retire at 60 instead of 55 years after the governing body ratified the move We believe that both umpires and scorers are physically fit enough like any other profession to continue till the age of 60 years the source saidNo talk about DadaThere was no discussion on Sourav Ganguly endorsing My11 Circle fantasy gaming app which is a direct competitor of Dream11shythe IPL title sponsor Not a single question was asked and contrary to a particular media report it was never a topic of discussion