The Indian Premier League would be seen with two huge changes from next season.Rajeev Sukhla, the chairman of IPL revealed the couple of changes under consideration from season 11.The much discussed midway trade is going be a reality right from the forthcoming season.The other thing is, matches could get started from 7PM instead of traditional time 8PM
“It was just a thought to start matches at 7 PM and everyone welcomed it but first we need to speak to broadcaster and take thier nod.We will work on the modalities then.There have been many centers where travelling is major concern.All the issues were discussed and we all thought to start the game but early” Rajeev Sukhla said
All the franchise owners have accepted the English Premier like midway trade of players.“Every IPL owner agreed to have this in forthcoming season.It will give chance to those players who are good but not getting opportunities to be part of playing XI of any IPL side.We are having an IPL governing council meeting soon to finalize all these points” the Chairman added
If in case you have no idea what’s this midway trade system is, let us explain in brief.Let’s take an example with Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore.While the Hyderabadi team has always been a bowling dominant team, the latter is known for it’s batting Superstars.
SRH always have a strong reserve bench of bowlers and that’s the same case with RCB
Let’s take an example from last season.Barinder Sran hardly played a match last season.
The left arm pacer, despite having a decent record in domestic T20’s.Other side, RCB was shortage of bowlers.
SRH was facing the scarcity of wicketkeeper who can bat.RCB had 3 world-class wicket keeper batsmen
If a good player like Barinder Sran is finding it hard to get place in playing XI, he played less than 2 matches out of first 7, he could be traded to any other franchise who are in requirement of a pacer.Here, RCB would have given a wicket keeper to SRH and have taken a pace bowler from SRH.Yeah, right in the middle of the tournament.
