Champions League

During the annual meeting of the International Cricket Council (ICC) held in Singapore, member countries unanimously called for the revival of the Men’s T20 Champions League. The ICC approved the proposal with a majority and announced that the tournament will be relaunched in a new format starting from September next year.

ICC Forms Calendar Working Group

Providing insights into the meeting, two exclusive sources revealed,

“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑰π‘ͺπ‘ͺ 𝒉𝒂𝒔 π’π’π’˜ π’‡π’π’“π’Žπ’†π’… 𝒂 π’˜π’π’“π’Œπ’Šπ’π’ˆ π’ˆπ’“π’π’–π’‘, π’˜π’‰π’Šπ’„π’‰ 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 π’ˆπ’Šπ’—π’†π’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’“π’†π’”π’‘π’π’π’”π’Šπ’ƒπ’Šπ’π’Šπ’•π’š 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂 π’π’†π’˜ π’‡π’π’“π’Žπ’‚π’• 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’ˆπ’π’π’ƒπ’‚π’ π’„π’“π’Šπ’„π’Œπ’†π’• 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 2027.”

The ICC Calendar Working Group will comprise eight members, including Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg, England and Wales Cricket Board CEO Richard Gould, and the ICC’s newly appointed CEO, Sanjog Gupta. The group is expected to present its interim findings and recommendations to ICC Board Chairman Jay Shah before the end of 2025.

“Tough Decisions Needed for Cricket’s Future” – ICC CEO

ICC CEO Sanjog Gupta, speaking at the MCC’s World Cricket Connects Panel 2023 at Lord’s, stressed the importance of aligning with fan interests and market demand.

“𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 π’Žπ’‚π’Œπ’† π’•π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰ π’…π’†π’„π’Šπ’”π’Šπ’π’π’”. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 π’—π’†π’“π’š 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 π’”π’Šπ’ˆπ’π’‚π’π’” 𝒐𝒇 π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• π’„π’“π’Šπ’„π’Œπ’†π’• 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒔 π’˜π’‚π’π’•. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 π’Šπ’” 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 π’†π’π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰ 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒂 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒔 π’˜π’‰π’†π’“π’† 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’ˆπ’‚π’Žπ’† π’Šπ’” 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒅,” 𝒉𝒆 π’”π’‚π’Šπ’….

“𝑰𝒇 π’šπ’π’– π’Œπ’†π’†π’‘ π’π’‚π’–π’π’„π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 π’˜π’‚π’π’•π’”, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 π’π’π’π’š π’˜π’Šπ’π’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’†π’„π’π’”π’šπ’”π’•π’†π’Ž 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕 π’˜π’Šπ’π’ 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅.”

A Look Back at the Champions League’s History

The T20 Champions League was first introduced in 2008 and continued until 2014. However, the league was discontinued after broadcaster ESPN decided to shut it down, despite having invested nearly one billion dollars to retain the rights. This move was partly aimed at minimising financial losses after ESPN lost the broadcasting rights to the Indian Premier League (IPL).

The Champions League was a collaborative venture between Cricket Australia, the BCCI, and Cricket South Africa. Interestingly, the revenue generated through ESPN-Star’s deal helped fund the early development of Australia’s Big Bash League, which became a commercial success by 2013.

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