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‘International Cricket khatam karke hi chodega’ - English players reportedly consider full-time contract with IPL teams by quitting central contracts

Here is how fans have reacted to reports of England players are looking to quit central contracts for full-time contracts with IPL teams

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Top England players like Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone, Ben Stokes, and others are busy representing their franchises in the ongoing IPL. However, now a report has come out that some franchises are willing to offer a full-time contract to England players. The players are reportedly willing to consider quitting their respective central contracts. According to the ‘Times London’ reports, six England players might get that offer from franchises. 

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Contracts could be worth from 20 Cr to 50 Cr a year. They will play in different leagues for a franchise (up to 7 months). As of now, 10 IPL franchises have their teams in various leagues like CPL (West Indies), SA T20 (South Africa), Global T20 League (UAE), and the upcoming Major League T20 in the US. Even, they will be interested in investing in the upcoming Saudi T20 league. 

Contracts could be offered as soon as the end of the year - Reports

But, as of now, no specific players' or teams' names have come out in that reports. The report suggested: "Initial discussions have taken place after at least six English players, including some international stars, were approached by IPL franchise owners and asked whether, in principle, they would accept a deal that would make an Indian team their main employer, rather than the ECB or an English county."

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"This development follows discussions among players' unions around the world about the potential implications of 12-month franchise contracts, which would be a significant step towards the football model of elite players being primarily contracted to their team and released for international duty, rather than the other way around,” it further added. One source close to this development added that the contracts could be offered as soon as the end of the year. 

Discussions of such a model have already taken place with Australian 20-20 specialists also. "The probability of such a model being adopted has grown increasingly likely in recent years as some IPL franchise owners have bought stakes in several T20 tournaments in the UAE, South Africa, Caribbean — and now the United States with the new Major League Cricket venture which begins in July. Discussions have already taken place with a number of high-profile Australian players about full-time deals but this has now been extended to English players. Contracts could be worth upwards of GBP 2 million a year and even as high as GBP 5 million — more than five times the value of the highest England central contracts," the report suggested. 

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