'Naive to think players will turn down huge money in T20 leagues': McCullum’s bold prediction on future of cricket
1 year, 7 months ago

'Naive to think players will turn down huge money in T20 leagues': McCullum’s bold prediction on future of cricket

Hindustan Times  

With the rise of T20 franchise leagues, cricket as a sport has seen a big surge in lucrative offers for players around the world. Former New Zealand cricketer Brendon McCullum feels that the sport is reaching a point where many players could prefer these lucrative T20 leagues over international duty, due to the presence of huge sums of money. Speaking to Sen Radio, McCullum stated that the game is going in a 'different direction' and players won’t turm down long-term contracts for less work in T20 leagues. "The last few years, there's been a shifting of the sand somewhat around international cricket and we'd be completely naive to think that players would turn down huge amounts of money on long-term contracts for a lot less work in these T20 leagues because they should be playing international cricket. McCullum's advice for cricket boards is that they need to find a middle point with such franchise leagues, so that their best players can play international matches.

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