Former India player Aakash Chopra has said that the defunct Champions League T20 should return. He added that the tournament was ahead of its time when it was played earlier as well. However, the Champions League T20 was played between the best-performing franchise teams as well. Six editions of the tournament took place, with the last one being played in 2014 as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “Personally, I am a very big fan of the Champions League T20. I feel it happened ahead of its time. I think the world wasn’t ready. We dived into this tournament slightly early. However, I feel it has a lot of potential where you play a league between the champions of all leagues played across the world, which will include the IPL, BBL, CPL, the Hundred and SA20. It will be extremely enjoyable. Even MLC is played now. So there are quite a few fantastic leagues happening around the globe. So I feel the Champions League should be brought back.”

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However, Aakash Chopra also stated that the rules favoured the IPL teams in the earlier version of the Champions League T20 as well.

“The cricket economy is dependent a lot on the IPL teams, which is right. However, I think the flaw last time was that the rules were too lopsided in favor of the IPL teams, that they could keep all their players. Assuming KKR reaches there and a KKR player played in the Big Bash League final as well, Kolkata was being given the first right,” he said.

“You could actually buy your players. Due to that, the IPL teams became very strong and the other teams looked weaker. So there were a few flaws, but as a tournament, if you look at it as a thought process, I think the Champions League should return,” Aakash Chopra concluded.