With the commercialization of cricket, there are now so many franchise-based T20 leagues

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With the commercialization of cricket, there are now so many franchise-based T20 leagues

With the commercialization of cricket, there are now so many franchise-based T20 leagues around the world that their schedules often conflict with each other.

With the commercialization of cricket, there are now so many franchise-based T20 leagues

For several years, four other tournaments have been held during the BPL season—Australia’s Big Bash League, New Zealand’s Super Smash, South Africa’s SA20, and the United Arab Emirates’ ILT20.

However, the world’s most popular and expensive franchise cricket tournament, the IPL, is usually held at a time when no other leagues are playing. But this unwritten rule has been broken this year due to the ICC Champions Trophy.

Pakistan hosted the Champions Trophy in a hybrid model with the United Arab Emirates in February-March. The country’s top T20 competition, the Pakistan Super League (PSL), also takes place in February-March. But due to the Champions Trophy, the PSL was postponed to April-May, during the IPL. The Indian news agency PTI reported that the IPL-PSL schedule may clash in 2026 as well. Because, the T20 World Cup. India and Sri Lanka will jointly host the T20 World Cup next year. The 10th World Cup of the short version of international cricket is scheduled to be held in February-March, during the PSL. As a result, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is planning to organize its own league during the IPL (April-May) next year as well.

With the commercialization of cricket, there are now so many franchise-based T20 leagues around the world that their schedules often conflict with each other.

For several years, four other tournaments have been held during the BPL season—Australia’s Big Bash League, New Zealand’s Super Smash, South Africa’s SA20, and the United Arab Emirates’ ILT20.

However, the world’s most popular and expensive franchise cricket tournament, the IPL, is usually held at a time when no other leagues are playing. But this unwritten rule has been broken this year due to the ICC Champions Trophy.

Pakistan hosted the Champions Trophy in a hybrid model with the United Arab Emirates in February-March. The country’s top T20 competition, the Pakistan Super League (PSL), also takes place in February-March. But due to the Champions Trophy, the PSL was postponed to April-May, during the IPL. The Indian news agency PTI reported that the IPL-PSL schedule may clash in 2026 as well. Because, the T20 World Cup. India and Sri Lanka will jointly host the T20 World Cup next year. The 10th World Cup of the short version of international cricket is scheduled to be held in February-March, during the PSL. As a result, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is planning to organize its own league during the IPL (April-May) next year as well.

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