Sports Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Shaktiraj Singh
Updated Tue, 01 Mar 2022 09:04 AM IST
Summary
IPL 2022 is starting from 26 March. Earlier there were speculations that this tournament might start from the month of April. In such a situation, no team has kept its matches in the months of April and May.
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IPL 2022 is starting from 26 March. On May 29, the last match of this tournament will be played. This time a total of 10 teams will compete for the trophy. There will be 70 league matches and all league matches will be played in Maharashtra. The dates of this tournament have been announced some time ago, but it was decided that this time also IPL will be played as usual in the months of April and May. In such a situation, no team has held international matches in these two months.
At the time of IPL, often foreign teams also do not play any international series and give so much leeway to their players that they can play in IPL. However, this is not the case with the rest of the league. That’s why IPL is the biggest cricket league in the world.
Matches of every foreign team at the time of IPL this year
Talking about the big teams playing Tests, this year also no team is playing international matches during the time of IPL. Interestingly, Pakistan players do not play in IPL, but Pakistan is also not playing any match during this period. Rest of the teams are not ready to play any series at this time as their key players play in IPL. After the start of IPL on 26 March, Pakistan team will play two ODIs and one T20 match with Australia.
Sri Lanka’s last match before the IPL is with India from March 12 to 16. This team will also not play any match during IPL. Bangladesh and South Africa will play two Test matches after the start of the IPL, but most of the Test players from both the teams are not part of the IPL. At the same time, before the IPL, England will play the last Test against the West Indies from March 24 to 28. New Zealand’s team will play three ODIs after the start of IPL 2022, but these matches will be with the Netherlands and the main players of the Kiwi team can stay away from this series.
Not so with other cricket leagues
The dominance of IPL in world cricket is not that of any other league. Similar situations happen during this league as in ICC tournaments. Cricket fans from all countries are talking about only one tournament. However, this is not the case with other leagues. In the same year, at the time of organizing Big Bash League, Australia’s team itself was playing Test series with England. At the same time, during the Pakistan Super League, apart from India, teams like England, Australia and New Zealand were playing consecutive matches.
The Bangladesh Premier League and the Caribbean Premier League have very few players from the big teams. Most of the players play in these leagues, who are not getting much opportunities in the international team.