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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is reportedly ready to offer Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises a stake in teams playing in The Hundred, an upcoming tournament which will be played in a new, 100-ball format, to lure India's star players to the competition.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The ECB is also considering giving the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) a stake in the Asian television rights on the basis of the number of Indian players appearing in the tournament, according to The Telegraph.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

According to the report, talks between the BCCI and the ECB "moved up a notch" when ECB chairman Ian Watmore and chief executive Tom Harrison were in Ahmedabad for the pink ball Test match between India and England last month.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

It is further reported that Indian players will also be made available for the women's Hundred and pave the way for the men to take part next year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Further meetings are planned between the officials when India tour England this summer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Originally scheduled to start in 2020, The Hundred was postponed last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It is scheduled to start on July 21 at the Oval this year, just before the start of India's Test series against England.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

India captain Virat Kohli had, in 2018, voiced his apprehension of playing in a new format of cricket when there are already three formats.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I'm already very... I wouldn't say frustrated but sometimes it can get very demanding of you when you have to play so much cricket regularly. I feel somewhere the commercial aspect is taking over the real quality of cricket and that hurts me," Kohli told Wisden Cricket Monthly during India's tour of England in 2018.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I don't want to be a testing sort of a cricketer for any new format. I don't want to be someone who's going to be part of that World XI who comes and launches the 100-ball format. I love playing the IPL, I love watching the BBL because you're working towards something, competing against high-quality sides and it gets your competitive juices flowing. That's what you want as a cricketer. I'm all for the leagues but not to experiment," he said.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ecb-ready-to-offer-ipl-franchises-stakes-in-the-hundred-report.jpg", "alt_img": "Cricket Image for ECB Ready To Offer IPL Franchises Stakes In The Hundred: Report", "alt_title": "Eoin Morgan and Virat Kohli", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "ECB Ready To Offer IPL Franchises Stakes In The Hundred: Report On Cricketnmore", "seo_desc": "The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is reportedly ready to offer Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises a stake in teams playing in The Hundred\/", "seo_keywords": "BCCI, England Cricket Board, Indian Premier League, The Hundred", "tag": "", "tagging": "BCCI,England Cricket Board,Indian Premier League,The Hundred,", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "ecb-ready-to-offer-ipl-franchises-stakes-in-the-hundred-report", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "2966", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "1", "created": "2021-03-25 11:29:45", "updated": "2021-03-25 11:29:59", "img_from": "Image Source: Google", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": "The Hundred, ECB, IPL Franchises, IPL Teams, IPL, ECB, BCCI, England Cricket", "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "21", "jio_date": "2021-03-25 11:29:45", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2021-03-25 11:29:45", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "england_cricket": "0", "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/ecb-ready-to-offer-ipl-franchises-stakes-in-the-hundred-report-73318" }