The Indian board launched a new international Twenty20 competition called the BCCI Indian Premier League. Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne have confirmed their association with the league and BCCI vice-president Lalit Modi was named as its convenor.
The tournament is scheduled to start in April 2008 and will last for 44 days involving 59 matches. The total prize-money for the league is around $3 million. The matches will be played on a home-and-away basis.
Glenn McGrath, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Sourav Ganguly and Stephen Fleming were among those present at the press conference held at Delhi.
The governing council comprises former Indian captains Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar, MAK Pataudi, and BCCI office-bearers Rajiv Shulka and Chirayu Amin, Punjab Cricket Association president IS Bindra and Delhi and Districts Cricket Association president Arun Jaitley. It will operate initially on a five-year term.
The announcements were made following a BCCI meeting attended by representatives of all Test-playing nations.
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