10 Teams In IPL, Rajeev Shukla Appointed Vice President

Apart from ratifying the proposition to include 10 teams in the Indian Premier League (IPL), the BCCI deliberated on several other issues at the 89th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at Motera in Ahmedabad on Thursday noon. The apex cricket body has now has released details of 7 key decisions taken during the 89th AGM. These include the appointment of Rajeev Shukla as the Vice President of the Board and increase in the limit of reimbursement of insurance medical claim of retired First Class Cricketers. The 89th AGM also tabled and deliberated upon the appointment of cricket committee, standing committees and umpires committee. It also authorized the respective office bearers to decide on BCCI’s representative to the ICC Board of Directors, setting up of a new National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, venues for the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 slated to be held in India, to decide on the 2020-21 domestic season and also form a working group in order to compensate the players, match officials and others involved in cricketing activity. 

Previously, the 2011 edition had witnessed the inclusion of two new teams – Pune Warriors India and Kochi Tuskers Kerala – taking the total number of teams to 10. However, a year later, the Kochi franchise was terminated and then in 2011 the BCCI announced the termination of Deccan Chargers. This was followed by the introduction of Hyderabad franchise as a replacement and later on due to differences with the BCCI, the Pune franchise opted out of the IPL, bringing back the total number of teams to 8.