IPL 2025: Speaking to India Today, Indian Premier League chairman Arun Dhumal said the BCCI will continue to follow the government's directives on cricket ties with Pakistan. He also confirmed that the BCCI is looking to expand the IPL to 94 matches by the 2028 season.
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00:00So, at this time, I am the chairman of the IPL chairman, Arun Dhrumaljit.
00:05Sir, thank you so much for your time to talk about this conversation.
00:09If we talk about this season, we are getting a lot of young talent.
00:14And you, as an administrator, can you say this?
00:18Because it was a dream that a young talent came to perform.
00:23See, that was the theme of the IPL, where talent meets opportunity.
00:29Our job is to give us a chance of opportunity.
00:32And every year, we are seeing that the new product from this platform,
00:38which is our country, our team, our team, is the capability of it.
00:43This year, we have seen it.
00:45We have a great talent.
00:48And this is our happy-sumption that we can take on any team in the world.
00:59It's the time of 2020-2025.
01:01And every year, we've seen the IPL grow.
01:03After this season, I know, what you plan to do.
01:07What is the government council?
01:08What will be the plan of the IPL?
01:10Is it the plan of the match?
01:11And if it can be the change, what will be the result of it?
01:15I know that we are not in the paper yet, but we are in the discussion.
01:19Exactly what the plan is.
01:21Next, if we talk about rides, cycle.
01:24As you know, after two new teams of addition,
01:29we can go up till 94 games,
01:32so that we can do 9 home and 9 away games for all teams.
01:38We will take all the stakeholders into account,
01:51and when we want to do it, we want to do it.
01:54But the tournament every year has a new strength.
01:59If you look at the previous 17 editions,
02:03we have seen every year,
02:08which is benefiting all the stakeholders,
02:10be it the players, teams, broadcasters, sponsors.
02:14Everybody is getting benefited.
02:16I always say that,
02:18after the independence of India,
02:22this is the number one make-in-India brand.
02:24We can see IPL as a product, as a competition.
02:28We can see that every member board is starting a league.
02:35In England, Australia, South Africa, UAE,
02:39and many other countries are doing this model.
02:43We want to see that cricket will increase.
02:46We want to see that in 2018,
02:48because in 2018,
02:49if the cricket starts in the Olympics,
02:51then it is necessary that
02:53the country will also join this good game.
02:55Absolutely, sir.
02:57And we also know that
02:58the IPL team is doing the best league
03:00to become the world's best league.
03:03If we, sir,
03:05in fact,
03:06also,
03:07what is the impact in the future?
03:08The people that have made our own,
03:09as a leader,
03:10we want to know
03:11what we know about it.
03:12So,
03:13what is the impact of the organization?
03:14What is the impact of the international community?
03:16First of all,
03:17what do we want to say?
03:18First of all,
03:19as a matter of the IPL chairman,
03:20what do we want to say?
03:21We want to say
03:23what to say?
03:24We want to say
03:25all the places
03:27of all the people
03:28who have taken themselves
03:29and had a very
03:31hurt.
03:32We have done
03:33Thank you very much.
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