*Official* Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025

[SillyCowCorner1]

viewership fatigue exists and having a cricket tournament lasting 2 months already is consuming

Having it for over 5 months would mostly feel like the middle overs in a traditional ODI lol

 

[Sunil1z]

Always amazed by how foreigners endure the worst of the Indian summer for two months straight. Handsomely paid for it but jfc it's a bad time of year.

Australian players are used to it because their Home summers are also very harsh . I remember reading an interview of Australian Hockey player that they aren’t afraid of India’s Heat .

 

[Sunil1z]

viewership fatigue exists and having a cricket tournament lasting 2 months already is consuming

Having it for over 5 months would mostly feel like the middle overs in a traditional ODI lol

Increase number of Teams to say 15 and increase number of foreign players allowed to 5 per match , Excitement might be retained .

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Australian players are used to it because their Home summers are also very harsh . I remember reading an interview of Australian Hockey player that they aren’t afraid of India’s Heat .

Yeah, plus it helps that they're not traveling in crowded trains smelling each other's armpits and living in tiny apartments with frequent power outages

 

[Molehill]

Increase number of Teams to say 15 and increase number of foreign players allowed to 5 per match , Excitement might be retained .

And quality heavily diluted - not to mention the other domestic seasons that it would be interrupting.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Increase number of Teams to say 15 and increase number of foreign players allowed to 5 per match , Excitement might be retained .

I think that there needs to be a sweet spot in all of this.

Increasing the number of teams/overseas players brings forth the question of financial stability. Can a franchise sustain the same players for that duration of time? Overseas players. Or does it work in a way where the overseas players arrive in batches? Either way, it would make it stressful for the players to be away from their families for so long.

Just a thought

 

[ashley bach]

Why?

Just find it strange why he'd choose to play then change his mind at a late stage.

 

[Heboric]

I think that there needs to be a sweet spot in all of this.

Increasing the number of teams/overseas players brings forth the question of financial stability. Can a franchise sustain the same players for that duration of time? Overseas players. Or does it work in a way where the overseas players arrive in batches? Either way, it would make it stressful for the players to be away from their families for so long.

Just a thought

In another sporting code I follow and before my teams got kick out/ left the league. It was getting so big they changed the format from the old everyone plays everyone home and away to some weird conference system. The larger a league gets it is so difficult for the everyone plays everyone home and away system.

 

[honestbharani]

Look, sunilz is just talking nonsense here. The appeal of the IPL is the fact that it has international cricketers teaming up with other rivals. If we dont have international cricket, or very less of it, there is very little appeal left in the IPL. People assume they will just keep following the sides they support over some sort of tribal instinct/mindset but if other sports get bigger in India, and football might well do, people will just shift to that.

It is in IPL's best interest to keep this sweet spot they have today, as Sangakkara described it way back in 2009 itself, "the real Super Series"

 

[Sunil1z]

Look, sunilz is just talking nonsense here. The appeal of the IPL is the fact that it has international cricketers teaming up with other rivals. If we dont have international cricket, or very less of it, there is very little appeal left in the IPL. People assume they will just keep following the sides they support over some sort of tribal instinct/mindset but if other sports get bigger in India, and football might well do, people will just shift to that.

It is in IPL's best interest to keep this sweet spot they have today, as Sangakkara described it way back in 2009 itself, "the real Super Series"

You think people prefer to watch Manish Pandey over Glen Phililps ? I doubt it . Increasing number of foreigners from 4 to 5 will highly increase quality without diluting local brand appeal .

 

[Sunil1z]

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

That was inevitable.

 

[Daemon]

How will the IPL handle someone backing out for say mental health reasons

 

[Sunil1z]

How will the IPL handle someone backing out for say mental health reasons

Certificate from Doctor or withdrawal from international commitments is a valid proof

 

[smellcricketintheair]

I honestly think IPL could be way better if we did 4 months of Test cricket and then 4 months of IPL in a year (sorry ODI) . Stretch the IPL over 4 months with 18 teams and 2 games a day. This way, we cover smaller towns and create real local loyalty, which is honestly missing in the current metro-centric setup. Right now, most IPL teams represent big cities like Mumbai and Delhi, but it’s tough to build a strong local fanbase. Smaller cities in the mix would bring in more passionate followers and give the league a deeper, more sustainable foundation(exact reason why all the leagues survive in every part of the world). IPL’s fanbase is massive, but it’s mostly India-centric. If we could build up local teams in smaller cities, the league would grow even more. Plus, we should ditch the cap on international players—just like the NBA or MLB. We can keep the tournament shorter but intense, with multiple games a day. This format would work well with the smaller cities and keep things fresh. All in all, this move could make IPL not just bigger, but better—by making it more local, more global, and more exciting.

 

[Daemon]

I honestly think IPL could be way better if we did 4 months of Test cricket and then 4 months of IPL in a year (sorry ODI) . Stretch the IPL over 4 months with 18 teams and 2 games a day. This way, we cover smaller towns and create real local loyalty, which is honestly missing in the current metro-centric setup. Right now, most IPL teams represent big cities like Mumbai and Delhi, but it’s tough to build a strong local fanbase. Smaller cities in the mix would bring in more passionate followers and give the league a deeper, more sustainable foundation(exact reason why all the leagues survive in every part of the world). IPL’s fanbase is massive, but it’s mostly India-centric. If we could build up local teams in smaller cities, the league would grow even more. Plus, we should ditch the cap on international players—just like the NBA or MLB. We can keep the tournament shorter but intense, with multiple games a day. This format would work well with the smaller cities and keep things fresh. All in all, this move could make IPL not just bigger, but better—by making it more local, more global, and more exciting.

No.

 

[Sunil1z]

Axar Patel the new captain of DC .

 

[ashley bach]

4 months of IPL?

Think everyone would hate it before it even gets close to finishing.

 

[Prince EWS]

I dont mind the format but surely they can play 2 games every day and shorten the duration.

Games competing against each at the same time, or half your games outside prime time, totally defeats the purpose or the whole thing.

 

[honestbharani]

Games competing against each at the same time, or half your games outside prime time, totally defeats the purpose or the whole thing.

Yeah but u r assuming every Indian cricket fan will watch each game and we have already been seeing that is not the case. That is the other issue with deliberately stoking the tribalism instincts. You end up caring so much about one team that you end up not caring about the other teams. I think any tournament that runs more than 3 weeks and any league that runs longer than 6 weeks is gonna be an issue coz there tends to be diminishing returns beyond a point as far as interest in the league/tourney is concerned.