people talk about IPL franchises destroying international cricket like cricket had lots of international teams playing before IPL..football franchises are way bigger but not able to destroy international match popularity ...you already don't have lots of countries who play cricket so the only option left to popularise cricket and make it financial sustainable is franchised like IPL.

Im from Ireland and love watching IPL, 2-3months is enough though.... But it is fantastic to watch, i dont watch the 100, i dont watch big bash, i watch a small bit of PSL, and i watch nearly all formats international cricket which i think is the peak of cricket

Jarrod is so on the point every single time. He knows what he is talking about & is almost correct everytime.

IPL will go the way of MLB, NHL, NBA and the like; players will get scouted from a young age, brought through a development system, sign exclusive contracts to play IPL, and those that don't make "the big leagues" will go play Big Bash, MLC, or in any other league. From there, they will get permission - they're on exclusive contracts, remember - to play international games for their country. Eventually, representing your country won't be the lofty goal that it once was, earning a massive contract within the IPL system will be the new top goal for cricketers. It'll take time, a massive attitude shift like that always does, but thats where we'll end up.

Ipl has helped me heal after the heart ache on 19 November.

Cricket owes a lot to IPL… Besides the argument that IPL is destroying international cricket, we have to look at what IPL did to cricket - made cricketers richers like some other elite athletes, made cricket more popular, turned cricket into a brand, and commercialized it like any other top sport.

Love the IPL. Wish it was a bit shorter. Kimber is so good to listen to

4:56 30 or 40 million? 😅😅 The viewership is now atleast 150 to 200 on jio excluding Star sports. The recent RCB vs CSK match had viewership of 490 to 500 million on jio excluding star sports coverage😅😅

Jarrod is a highly intellectual lad

T20 is the 100 meter sprint and Test Match is like the Marathon…. An Usain Bolt is celebrated while no one remembers a Marathon winner … but both the events exists and for different reasons one is a test of agility and speed while the other is a test of endurance …

No one in Australia watches IPL? Jarrod so many people from Australia follows IPL

Cricket will sweep Africa for sure, Cricket will become the game of the 21st Century. More country will starting playing, more money is generated and sense of pride prevails among the countries

Let me say one thing.. I love test cricket but I don't have time to watch it ...just follows on scorecard..test cricket requires retire people who have lot of time

I understand their thinking. But one question i want to ask is that wont viewers get bored of watching same matches over and over for 6 months? Even this IPL felt long and now the only excitement left is that playoffs are coming. I feel longer IPL would get boring and monotonous.

How long are we gonna talk about this?😂😂 IPL wasn't made to make Indian International cricket better. It was purely made to tap into the huge Indian market to access the full potential of broadcasting revenue. It was never about cricket in the first place. So those who are crying about ,IPL is the reason why India are not winning need to rethink why India are actually not winning trophies. 😂😂 IPL is a success, thanks to the star culture ,thanks to the regionism, thanks to the 1.4 billion population,thanks to the love for the game. It was the perfect product to tap into every freakin Indian emotion. That's why it is successful. It was never about winning ICC events,It was always about making money. You can all cry about IPL getting bigger and taking over the cricket World. No one can take over anything unless you let them. I find it so funny when the Brits cry about some country taking over something. The irony of it is hysterical.😂😂😂

for me, the IPL needs international cricket to exist alongside to maintain its allure. most of the big draws of IPL are international stars. its essentially the fans love the players that did things for ind in the ipl. ishan kishan and Rishabh pant are the same type players but people love rishabh and support DC for him because he won the Gabba test. Also if you takeaway international cricket BCCI loses its main adv over other leagues which is ind stars in ipl.

I think bcci really want's India to win any world cup event as soon as possible, after that it would be much easier to think about extending ipl because indian fans are not happy about India not winning any world cup for long time and blaming ipl for that.

Kimber is a class act, but I love listening to views of older English generations about India with their jaws dropped and eyes wide open :)

I am in favour of 4 months IPL with 14 teams . IPL is a great entertainer 300-400 million view per match .. It is awesome .

God he’s quality this guy, scary time to be an English fan, hope we’ve got a strategy to compete with this

Jarrod is right about how how we play in Australia. I was 16, playing 2nd grade in Newcastle keeping and batting 7. We bowled Cardiff out for 236 at tea on the first day ( keep in mind in Aussie grade cricket you come back the next Saturday for the next 90 overs). We were 5/30 with 10 overs to go when I came in and it was not comfortable, I was told by the older players in the team that I was the last batsman and I had to bat out the overs, plus enough to stop us getting beaten outright. Meaning the next week as well. I had a family 18th Birthday party the following Friday and enjoyed the liberal use of the keg way too much. My mother drove me out to the game on Saturday with 80 overs to bat and I was vomiting out the window, much to her disgust. I had to raise the guard of my helmet to spew countless times throughout the day, the only plus side of this was that they had a brilliant young offie who ended up playing for NSW in the shield, the bat pad and silly mid off were inclined to avoid the mess I had created close to the wicket. This was an unexpected win as I ballooned numerous bat pads just shy of these hygiene conscious gents. It's the worst I had ever felt in my life, yet we avoided the outright and lost 1st innings points only. My reward was unwanted pints at the clubhouse. It's different in Australia, if you bunker down and suffer as a batsman, you are revered as a teenager by grown men. As disgusted as my mother was with my display, even she had to applaud me on the way off. I scored a grand total of 31 from 90 overs. It wasn't impressive batting at all, just fear of what the adults would say if I got out. And that is the club cricket way in Australia.

10 million plus people watch IPL from the USA (using Sling Tv and Willow TV). you guys have no idea how popular IPL is here.

As an audience, I definitely want to see more of IPL and more of global cricketers getting involved and coming together to give us one of the most intense and competitive annual sporting events. I've grown more and more fond of the IPL and I'm excited to see how it will grow in the times to come.

We need more talks like this about this beautiful game.

Test match in round robin ICC tournament for 2-3 months with 8 nations will be exciting to watch instead of the point cycle of 2 years

The point was made clear by Jarrod, just coz you like Bob Dylan doesn't mean Kendrick lamar is bad. People still can and do listen to both. Moreover, cricket doesn't need to take over America or other countries. Just like rugby isnt pushed in India or other subcontinental countries. It is a complicated game to understand not like football or basketball where you have to get the ball in opponents ring or square hence, it can be a bit difficult at times.

I can see the IPL being like MLB in the US - 3/4 month season in India and other leagues are effectively feeders. Not sure it'll go much longer unless they rotate international players in and out more. T20 cricket will effectively become more of a niche sport, globally, just really played in India and a few other places. The opportunity for it going global has passed. Nothing wrong with that - most sports centre on one country - it's really only football that is truly global. I also think Jarrod is right about separating red and white ball. Just not sure how red ball survives because as cricket becomes privatised, there won't be any money coming back to national boards to support longer formats. Really, cricket is going back to its roots. Test matches will be played just between a few nations, and IPL/T20 will be more like it was in England in the 1700s where it was all private clubs and closely linked to gambling.

Ipl is growing because it is associated with betting,gambling and due to hugh population of india but for cricket fan ashes in lords is heaven nothing match ashes it is like cricket grand festival I never miss ashes.

Great podcast. Love it

Its not just the IPL, its the context of the cricket that is played in the IPL. T20 cricket is an expandable and marketable commodity. Cricket needs to embrace it. It is television friendly and in its format, can be exported to the likes of the North America, Africa, Middle East and South East Asia. If the IPL has to be the launching pad for this movement, then so be it.

We only talk about IPL during IPL season only i.e this 2 months. Rest all year is all about International and Test cricket.

The only way to save ODI is to make a 20 team ODI tournament With 4 groups of 5 teams and instead of super 8, it's knockouts that leads to semis. At the same time, ICC needs to invest more in unexplored areas in cricket

Very interesting discussion

World Series Cricket and the IPL is the best thing what ever happened to Cricket! The IPL is as Big as the Premier League! Thank You India!

I would love to see more international outside players new talent in ipl ❤❤🇮🇳🏏always welcome in India 🇮🇳

Best cricket channel

I don't think anyone is Doing the T10 or the 100 with the IPL Teams. Jay Shah already said the CLT20 isn't coming back, it was Fake news. IPL will be IPL but for 3-4 months ( Feb-May ) with 16 Teams & proper mid season Transfer window in between. Can't wait 🔥

Current calender in perfectly balanced..no need to change

Actually Jarrod is really knowing the truth ... We are addicted to this game .... Franchise is going to be the future 😀

With due respect, You blokes need to talk to the leadership of European Cricket Network to get an alternative view on the future of cricket. ECN is the largest cricket playing organisation in the world playing well over 1700 televised matches last year and you haven’t shown them the respect they deserve in helping to develop cricket in Europe. They are way ahead of your thinking and understanding on cricket management and development. Operating since 2019 ECN is organising and growing cricket in Europe at a rate never contemplated. And it’s little surprise to see how many players in the current T20 WC who have actually played in ECN competitions.

Can any one tell me How many international football matches happen every year like Cricket series happen between Country vs Country in one day, Test matches and T20- So final answer is - Nil Football is not have that format, why don't u stop club and premier league of Footballs.

The IPL Games come on at 10 or 11 AM where I live in Easter standard time in the US. Perfact for watching in my office at work, or at home on the weekends :) The BBL is much more difficult because they come on at 2 or 3 in the AM where I live so if I do watch I'm watching game that has already been played. The Hundred is kind of in the middle. Even MLC games come on in the late moenring to be on prime time time in India.

IMO Test and T-20 should only be the way forward. Rip off ODI(including ODI WC)

2 months for IPL is perfect. This can be shortened further. 2 games at Saturday and Sunday should be the norm. It will reduce at least 15 days.

IPL is a tournament where International foreign players are rewarded for their National Team Performances (By going for high prices in IPL Auction) but Indian players are rewarded for there IPL performances (By getting selected for the National Cricket Team). You can see a paradigm shift here where cricketers in India are diverted to prioritise IPL over national Team. And foreign players are rewarded for there exceptional performances in National Team Colours. So IPL is doing more good to International players than to Indian National Team in general, sad but it's True.

Jarrod is clever, realist, lives in NOW.

100 years on when MCL in the USA is still blowing up... they would never call it off! Buzz off.

There are so many cricket league in the world but you can't see quality cricket ipl is the only platform where cricket fans watch all the superstars together and giving them good money so must give credit to bcci

Is there any England cricket primer league?

Indian here and I don't think the IPL would ever want to go 4, 6, 8 months a year. Neither the viewers, nor the players, nor the cricket fans world over would want that.

cricket is gaining popualrity all over the world nowadays

Quite remarkable all of the people who speak against IPL are the ones who are not paid in IPL. once they jump in to the ipl bang wagon their opinion also changes.

Here's the problem with the IPL, I'm a south african living in the UK, how can I be pleasant about this.....I don't give a expletive about it and have zero reason to be invested no matter how much I've tried. Same goes for all the other T20 leagues. Now the SA20 on the other hand, very invested with my Sunrisers. I just hope the IPL doesn't end up destroying the fabric of international cricket purely to please the Indian market.

I have a though and I want to know am I crazy or not? I think IPL can be a two format series T20 and 50-50 with total 20 players in each team. The team which played better in both format should become the winner of IPL. They should make Qualifiers T-20 and knock out matches should be 50-50. If this get successful IPL can go international. Where there can be open qualifier for X amount of foreign teams and the qualified teams will play for main TITLE. This is how IPL can gather more International audience and the time period of IPL will increase too.

There’s nothing like the ashes and test cricket. I find white ball cricket so basic compared to test cricket

Good discussion

Jarrod's point is flawless except for the realization that how much cricket audiences in India are attached culturally to the Indian team and that is not even close to what the IPL teams have achieved. So it may eventually happen but its going to take a decade at the minimum.

I think if they really want to grow cricket especially T20I think what ab de Villiers said is the better way. Take a franchise like sunrisers etc . IPL should played throughout the whole year For a calendar year they should target regions similar to tennis like Wimbledon ( London) , Australian open , French open. Covering all the potential areas like US, Canada, UAE, Netherlands etc. And make a big event. Slotting in international cricket in between.

Infact football like model will be more successful to see competition because there is money in cricket alot . And business are looking to invest , and I would like to see atleast 3 to 4 level of relegation and promotions system among cricket clubs in IPL . And even there can be champion league back

ipl 2024 highest viewership records: 450 million views

You could have pre season game's of ipl and then 2 months of IPL Like the NFL

ipl got decided following in New York where i live

This is just beginning.. Already IPL became top 5 leagues in the world..its going to explode multiple times in Next few years.. More teams will be added, players auction prices will reach to unimaginable levels.. even if they increase 2 more months for IPL then IPL will be the league everyone want to be part of..

So the question is when the last odi wc will be played ?

Cricket fatigue is already setting in within the fans. Fans will stop watching cricket and move on to something more interesting, if it is on every day. Multiple formats is important for breaking the monotony. So is gaps in cricket schedule. Nothing beats our instinct for novelty.

40 millions.....??!! The last match I saw has about 160 mn😂

As an Indian I don't want IPL to extend to 3 months, i love IPL but the kick that International games and rivalries gives is different.

Test cricket is massive in England. India and Australia will keep on coming.

i mean they announced viewership of IPL in October in the UK was between 1-3 million total...that's not a small number is it?

The IPL saved Cricket!

Imagine whole 28 states of india are playing how long will the tournament will last

Franchise should play odi t20 and test cricket for the whole year as a tournament every year and have a wc evey 4 year and t20 wc every 2 years.

Well, cricket was fun while it lasted. It's a shame it won't exist in its true form in a few years. Just need to enjoy it while we still can

I like to think that ive come up with a solution to make ODI cricket (and test cricket by extension) thrive in the modern environment. Simple answer - exploit geopolitics. You may ask how? or wtf im on about?. Well do you lot remember how a board game like Chess became SUCH a huge drama in the '70s when the US and Soviets were going at it with Bobby Fischer vs Spassky? now apply this to China and the US. If ICC can somehow get cricket to crack the Chinese and American markets it will being a new arms race. India is at odds with China now and soon it will be competing with the Americans (economically speaking). Naturally if Cricket were to be a common sporting arena for these 3 giants to go at each other then it will NATURALLY keep all forms of cricket alive for the foreseeable future. Emphaisis must be put on ensuring ODI and TEST championships are the absolute pinnacle of the sport by maintaining the prestige of these forms over t20. What do you guys think? Surely im onto something here.

Jarrod has evolved himself as a logical/intellectual since a long time.

Why kimb stil not in commentary box😢

I don't agree IPL being extended for 3 or 6 or 8 months. The current duration is still under the limit.

Ipl destroying international cricket in somehow i dont know but if u see there is no comparison with footbaal IPL is only leage to which we can compare with football

@11:18 what is canny cricket?

IPL has given Lots of Players Worldwide to Change their way of life by having good incomes... Iam a big fan of Test Cricket.. But as time goes on, peoples dont have time and patience to watch Test Cricket for 5 days... The Big factor is SMARTPHONE... Because of this diverse function gadgets 😝 almost all people are ENGAGED...Smartphone KILLED TIMES OF HUMAN BEING. Everyone wants things fast and quick... So no chance of watching 5 days of match in mobiles... Every thing is taking over by AI.. We need to change the way Cricket and all other Sports Marketing to peoples...

Any franchise growing bigger means bad news for proper cricket.

Eventually, the IPL will dominate cricket worldwide.

I only watch Test cricket and won’t be doing that much longer.

Kimber is a super star.

Turn Test Cricket into a one day 60 over game! The only difference, you do not have to chase the total, you can still draw!

Epl in a way undermined international football. Where clubs tell national teams to not play their club contracted player to play in certain games. Ipl in way is already doing the same, and their influence will only grow in the coming years...

Maybe I am Jurassic, but I miss Test cricket....

IPL will have domestic league and International league. Meaning in summer ipl will be played in australia. It will be smaller but still fill those stadiums. BigBash will be out

We watch every IPL game in thr USA

Bro just a truth thing They are highly jealous from IPL

If IPL today becomes 10 months tournament IPL will become biggest tournament in the world because they're huge population!!

the essence of cricket would be ruined if there is more t20 franchise cricket cuz performances In these games are all short lived, test cricket and even odi at times is more memorable

5:52 *doesn’t really matter outside India * I don’t think that is true. A big amount of people pay around $30-40 for these three months of IPL games. It’s almost like PPV.

Test cricket is dying because only three countries can afford to give it priority - England, Australia and India. The other countires can't afford to pay their players as well as these three countires so, inevitably, their players are attracted to white ball franchise cricket. It's where the money is for the majority of international cricketers. The two test series England play this summer are going to be very non competitve. If England don't experiment too much they are more than capable of winning all six tests. Eventually, even English spectators will tire of this. So will the only test series England paly be against India and Australia? I can see a time when this happens, maybe in the next decade. England will continue to play the various white ball formats against other countries - West Indies, Pakistan, New Zealand etc.

Personally, If IPL runs for more then 3 months then its hype will die and every maych wont be much exciting on an average. As stakes are low.. more matches, more chances to win, so less nail bitting moments.

IPL is an Indian idea which is a huge success.

Just one league Ipl International premier league Every second year indian rest overseas 24 or 32 teams from all over the world Four. Qualify Three months Every year ✌️

International cricket will only retain its charm and importance only if the frequency reduces. Unnecessary bilateral series between the same countries every few months makes it really boring and people have already stopped caring. Focus on franchise cricket more, have an international series only one or twice a year at max something similar to soccer. IPL will become a 5 or 6 month long tournament in a few years. Its inevitable.

One Day cricket should be discountinued and only Test and T20 format should remain

IPL is for Indian citizens & for cricket lovers around the world... Now too much money in it. Indian players & Indians r the main audience for cricket so far.