The Bombay High Court has ruled the decision against the BCCI regarding the media rights issue for the IPL 2022. The BCCI on March 17, has said that they will release the IPL media rights as soon as possible after soring out the minor delay due to procedural issues. Meanwhile, reports in Cricbuzz further stated that they have denied all reports which stated that the delay happened because of the pressure from the host broadcaster, Star.

However, The High Court has said that Star had no issues with the rights being released at that moment. Now, Bombay High Court Chief Justice BP Colabawala has quashed the reports after hearing which upheld rescission of media rights by the BCCI to World Sport Group (India) Pvt. Ltd. as well.

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“Due to the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and also other exigencies of work, there was a delay in pronouncing judgment,” said justice BP Colabawalla before sharing his decision against the BCCI in relation to the IPL media rights.

However, the BCCI earlier has shared that they are looking to divide the IPL broadcast rights into various channels to increase the revenue as well. They further added that the inclusion of two new teams will help them to earn more revenue as well. The previous cycle’s value was INR 16,347 crores, but the BCCI expects it to go past INR 20,000 crores this season as well. The IPL 2022 will start from March 26 with CSK and KKR playing against each other at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. A total of 74 matches will take place across 65 days with the final taking place on May 29.

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“We are expecting a very high price. It would be unfair to point out a figure. The tender will involve multiple parties and we are hoping (for) very high interest from the parties,” a BCCI official was quoted as saying.