The IPL generates more revenue than the English Premier League: Sourav Ganguly

The 2022 version of the IPL concluded lately with the Gujarat Titans (GT) lifting their maiden title of their debut season itself. This yr’s competitors witnessed the enlargement of the occasion as 10 groups took half whereas the variety of matches elevated from 60 to 74. Former India captain and present BCCI president has expressed pleasure on the method during which the sport of cricket and IPL has progressed.

On the India Management Council Occasion, Ganguly stated, “I’ve seen the sport evolve, the place gamers like me earned just a few a whole lot and now have the potential of incomes crores. This recreation is run by the followers, by the folks of this nation, and by the BCCI, which was fashioned by cricket followers. This sport is robust and can proceed to evolve. The IPL generates extra income than the English Premier League. It makes me really feel joyful and proud that the game I really like has developed to grow to be so sturdy.”

Though the preliminary couple of weeks of IPL 2022 noticed the viewership fall because the Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) and the Mumbai Indians (MI) struggled, issues improved in direction of the second half. There was a large crowd for the ultimate in Ahmedabad as GT lifted the crown defeating the Rajasthan Royals (RR) within the summit encounter.

On the occasion, Ganguly, fondly generally known as Dada, stated about his management model, “Captaincy, to me, is main a staff on the bottom, and management, to me, is constructing a staff. So, whether or not I labored with Sachin, Azhar, or Dravid, I did not compete with them; as an alternative, I collaborated with them as leaders and shared accountability.”

He additionally stated that managing people is the one widespread facet between captaining the staff and main the BCCI. He elaborated, “This nation has distinctive expertise, starting from younger gamers to younger company workers. I genuinely believed that if I wished to be the captain of a profitable staff, I needed to respect my colleagues in order that they might grow to be good gamers, and that it is by no means the opposite approach round; you may’t maintain every part to your self and anticipate good issues to occur; it will not occur.”

Ganguly performed 113 Checks and 311 ODIs from 1992 to 2008. He took over management in 2000 when India have been reeling from the match-fixing controversy and helped put Indian cricket again on observe.

–By A Cricket Correspondent