IPL: Franchise cricket is evolving, be careful what you wish for

The camel of franchise cricket is beginning to feel comfortable in the tent of international cricket but bilateral T20 internationals among Test-playing countries may have become pointless.

Arun Singh Dhumal, chairman of the IPL told Financial Times that the new world order could include more franchise T20s and fewer bilaterals. “Whatever works in the interest of world cricket at large, we will take a decision keeping that in mind,” he said magnanimously.