Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra believes no other T20 leagues in the world can compete with the Indian Premier League (IPL). His comments came as Ramiz Raja recently opined on the importance of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) for their nation’s cricket economy. He even added that overseas players might choose the PSL over the IPL if the league goes for an auction process instead of the draft process as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra said: “Even if you do an auction instead of drafts, it is not going to happen, you will not see a player playing for 16 crores in the PSL. It cannot happen at all, market dynamics are not going to allow that to happen, it’s as simple as that. To be very honest, Chris Morris’ one ball, when he played last time, was more expensive than the players’ salary in other leagues. Is it even possible to compete or compare yourself with the IPL, whether it is PSL, BBL, The Hundred or the CPL? Is it a slightly misplaced judgment?”

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Aakash Chopra again added that Indian players ply their trade in IPL. He pointed out that the other leagues would not become as lucrative as IPL even if Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were allowed to take part in them.

Aakash Chopra explained: “The price is decided based on how much money you get from the rights, at what price the teams are sold and then there is a total purse according to which you play. All these are interlinked, they are not separate. If someone sees them separately, he is going to get defeated.”

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“The story starts with the broadcaster on what value it puts on a property. The biggest thing India has is the people who watch, they are the ones who pay a lot of money, our 130 crores public. That is the asset we have that nobody else has,” Aakash Chopra concluded.