Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Sehwag could get their own IPL for legends after ex-cricketers approach Jay Shah

[Tillu]

There is no shortage of legends leagues in the world. The Road Safety World Series, Legends League Cricket, World Championship of Legends and the Global Legends League being some of the more prominent leagues. These leagues mainly cater to cricketers who have been retired for some time. However, if the BCCI successfully launches its own league, it will mark the first-ever legends tournament organised by a cricket board, as most existing series are owned by private companies. If implemented, this league could feature the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Virender Sehwag, Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers to name a few.

If the proposal proceeds as planned, this legends league will adopt a format similar to the IPL. Teams will be organised based on cities, and matches played in home and away formats with different franchises owned by various stakeholders. Like in the IPL and WPL, an auction will be held where a select group of players will be available for bidding. However, much like the inaugural IPL, certain players, such as Tendulkar and Yuvraj, might be designated as marquee players, focusing on those who have retired more recently. Players like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma won't be eligible as they are still active in ODIs and Tests. The league will be exclusively for cricketers who have retired from all forms of the game.

Hindustantimes

[Tillu]

Effect of the recently concluded Legends League tournament.

[bowl_out]

Or they can ask to be picked as uncapped players by some IPL franchisees, going the Dhoni way... lol

[putrevus]

So these morons from BCCI want to kill the golden goose, how much cricket you want to push on public.

 

Sachin and co have not made enough money that they still need to make money.

[Strangering]

1 hour ago, bowl_out said:

Or they can ask to be picked as uncapped players by some IPL franchisees, going the Dhoni way... lol

That whole Dhoni saga is absurd at best. He was a handy player but never thought of him as a legendary prospect that he is being praised as now. 

[singhvivek141]

15 minutes ago, putrevus said:

So these morons from BCCI want to kill the golden goose, how much cricket you want to push on public.

 

Sachin and co have not made enough money that they still need to make money.

This is just a timepass.

 

Although, Tier 2 stadiums like Raipur, Ranchi, Dehradun, Trivandrum, Rajkot etc needs few games to get going.

 

[rkt.india]

19 minutes ago, putrevus said:

So these morons from BCCI want to kill the golden goose, how much cricket you want to push on public.

 

Sachin and co have not made enough money that they still need to make money.

Legends league is already being played for the last two years.  Matches were held in Dehradun as well.  BCCI may now have it officially. 

[AKane]

They already have the Seniors Tour for golfers over 49 or 50 who played the PGA tour.

 

Now these people will learn that even Nicklaus, Palmer and company hardly drew the crowds on that circuit. The money was okay but I doubt Jack Nicklaus needed it. 

 

Basically their time is past but those who are used to limelight, fortune and fame from fans find it hard to walk away from it.

 

[Number]

This is just so gross. People in India seem to have an endless appetite for cricket. Now with the online betting games associated with it, where govt makes a lot of money from every single match through taxes, there will always be non-stop cricket.

 

[NameGoesHere]

This is becoming like WWE, except that the action in the WWE seems to be more plausible.