Kolkata : IPL governing council chairman Rajeev Shukla on Thursday said the interest of cricketers of suspended sides will be primary and all options will be explored to retain the brand value of the world’s richest domestic T20 competition.
“Our aim is to make IPL 9 better than the previous editions. So the work is going on. We rest assured that it will be a better product. The interest of the players will be paramount, state associations and BCCI will be protected and game at large will be superior,” Shukla was quoted as saying by television channel NDTV.
“I had a long discussion with BCCI president and honourable secretary also. There will be meeting on July 19 in Mumbai, where the Lodha Commission report will be deliberated upon. We will study the report and after that a sub group will be created and sub group will come up with suggestions how the report will be implemented,” he said.
“That I can’t comment about. As we have read the report, they have been suspended for two years. So when the implementation will come we will go by the recommendation of the Lodha report and that will be decided by the governing council,” he said.
“The stakeholders should not be worried at all. IPL will survive and it will be a better product. It has got an international value also and is watched throughout the world.”
