The owners of some of the best Indian Premier League franchises are looking to offer extravagant multi-million dollar deals to six premier England players in their attempts to convince them to quit international cricket and play franchise cricket throughout the year, according to a report that appeared in the “Times London” and was published in PTI.

The figures that have been offered by IPL franchises, reportedly range from 5 million pounds to 50 crore Indian Rupees

The Caribbean Premier League, the SA T20 League in South Africa, the ILT20 League in the UAE, and the upcoming Major League Cricket in the United States are just a few of the international leagues that almost all of the ten IPL franchises are backing.

The initial report from “Times London” did not mention which franchises are competing for the top England cricketers’ multi-million-dollar contracts, nor did it mention which players are involved in the discussion.

Recently, there has been a lot of talk about Saudi Arabia’s plans to start the “richest T20 league” in the world, which may also be of interest to IPL teams.

“Initial discussions have taken place after at least six English players, including some international stars, were approached by IPL franchise owners and asked whether, in principle, they would accept a deal that would make an Indian team their main employer, rather than the ECB or an English county.”

The Times’ report quoted.

“This development follows discussions among players’ unions around the world about the potential implications of 12-month franchise contracts, which would be a significant step towards the football model of elite players being primarily contracted to their team and released for international duty, rather than the other way around,” .

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“One source told The Times that contract offers could come as soon as the end of the year,”

it added.

One cannot rule out the possibility of T20, which will continue to grow in popularity each year. Additionally, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has planned to limit the number of leagues a player can play in a single calendar year. The just hindrance which would prevent players from surrendering their yearly focal agreements by and large would be the NOCs expected from the cricket sheets to partake in an association.

“The probability of such a model being adopted has grown increasingly likely in recent years as some IPL franchise owners have bought stakes in several T20 tournaments in the UAE, South Africa, Caribbean and now the United States with the new Major League Cricket venture which begins in July,”

the newspaper was quoted as saying.

“Discussions have already taken place with a number of high-profile Australian players about full-time deals but this has now been extended to English players. Contracts could be worth upwards of GBP 2 million a year and even as high as GBP 5 million more than five times the value of the highest England central contracts.”

“Reduced IPL deals covering at least three of the rounds would also be on offer. It is unlikely that any of England’s Test stars will walk away from their central contracts in favour of a franchise contract but the sheer amount of money on offer makes that a risk in the future.

“What is more likely is that players will arrange “bespoke” deals depending on their own circumstances, which could result in them being part-contracted to their county or the ECB and part-contracted to a franchise.”

The Mumbai Indians (MI) are one of the teams with a lot of involvement overseas. They own teams in South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States. In point of fact, the Indian Premier League (IPL) owns all six South African-based teams, including Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Delhi Capitals (DC), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) own teams in the United Arab Emirates, United States, and West Indies.