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(From left) Yuvraj Singh, Sachin Tendulkar and Adam Gilchrist. (AFP Photo)
If BCCI accepts the proposal, some of the yesteryear stars could feature in an IPL tournament of their own from next year.
With a plethora of cricket leagues featuring yesteryear superstars including the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Brett Lee, Muttiah Muralitharan among others mushrooming in recent years, a proposal has reportedly been sent to the BCCI to start a ‘legends league’ of its own.
According to a report in Dainik Jagran, few former India cricketers who have played in these leagues, met with BCCI Jay Shah and expressed their wish to organise a tournament on the lines of the Indian Premier League.
“We have received a proposal from former cricketers in this regard. We are mulling over it,” a BCCI source was quoted as saying by the daily.
The BCCI hasn’t yet taken any concrete action on the suggestion and it’s highly unlikely that such a tournament could start anytime soon but it surely can become a reality in 2025.
The competition will feature players who have retired from international cricket and IPL too.
World Championship of Legends, Global Legends League, Legends League are among the competitions that feature retired players from around the globe. However, all these tournaments are being organised by private bodies with no direct involvement of a national cricket board.
Although the World Championship of Legends, won by an Indian team captained by Yuvraj, was held in Birmingham earlier this year with England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) giving its approval.
