The formation of the Indian Premier League is due to create some controversy within the cricketing community, in Australia and abroad. Sure, it's only a Twenty20 league, but a lot of stars have been threatened with blackballing (or something close to it) if they sign for this tournament that is scheduled to take place in April and May, 2008. So what is it? A chance to advance the Twenty20 code? A threat to the traditional game? Or something different altogether? Discuss.
There is a long thread about this here: http://www.bigcricket.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34595 Most of what needed to be said is already said there, so I won't add more here.
it seems to me that the IPL has found its spot in the cricket calendar now. The ICC seems to have been swayed by its Inidan members (and money)
Bangladesh now also has its own BPL cricket league. The average attendance for the clubs was 2,728 in the 2016-17 season. Highest attendance: 25,000 for the BPL final in Dhaka, which was won by the Dhaka Dynamites.