BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has confirmed that India, Australia, England, and one more team will be facing each other in a 4-nation Super Series which will commence in 2021. He also confirmed that the first edition of the tournament will happen in India.
Earlier, ICC had proposed to have one flagship tournament once in a year from 2023 to 2031 however, the top three cricket boards, BCCI, CA and ECB rejected their idea. Besides, the rules and regulations of the ICC do not allow any board to conduct a multi-nation series featuring more than three teams. Hence, this announcement has taken a few fans back.
Speaking to the media during the fantasy cricket app My11Circle’s event, Ganguly reflected on his meeting with the members of England Cricket Board (ECB).
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When asked about the formation of the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), the BCCI President replied, “Australia, England, India, and another top team will feature in the Super Series which begins in 2021 and the first edition of the tournament will be played in India. We have very good relations with the ECB and the meeting went off very well. We will have to form the CAC for just one meeting (for picking the selection panel). So it was a bit difficult to get three suitable people, but we have almost zeroed in on the members.”
Ganguly also gave his opinion on the recently concluded auction. He spoke about the ₹15.50 Crores bid that Pat Cummins received besides talking about the two Bengal players that got a bid in the auction.
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Describing the same, Dada said, “No, I don’t think the amount was too high. That is why Ben Stokes’s value shot off the roof to ₹14.5 crores when he was part of a similar small auction in 2017. I wish both of them (Ishan Porel and Shahbaz Ahmed) all the best. Hope they will do well. Not only them, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Mohammed Shami are also with the IPL teams. This was my first auction as BCCI president, the overall experience was quite good. It seems all the teams are balanced and the matches would be enjoyable.”
IPL 2020 is scheduled to commence in April next year while it will be intriguing to see which team joins India, Australia, and England in the 4-nation tourney.
