No plans to increase IPL teams from 10 to 12 for now, says BCCI secretary

BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia has ruled out immediate plans to expand the IPL from 10 to 12 teams, saying the proposal has not been discussed even informally. The Board is focused on the 2027 edition, he said

New Delhi: BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia has ruled out an immediate expansion of the IPL from 10 to 12 teams, insisting that the idea has not even been discussed “informally” within the Board.

While there is considerable interest in the IPL in the global cricket market, Saikia said there was “no scope” for an expansion at present.

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“We have neither discussed formally nor informally the possibility of the IPL becoming a 12-team affair in 2028. It is not in our scope at this stage,” Saikia told PTI during an interaction.

“We are concerned about the IPL of 2027, which is going to be the 20th edition of the IPL. So it will be a big affair. We are concerned about that, and we are not considering anything beyond that,” Saikia told PTI.

“Whatever news is circulating in the media, I think these are all speculative reports from some fertile minds. I have no comments to offer regarding those. There is no sanctity to those reports,” he clarified.

He also said that no decision had been taken on increasing the team purse from Rs 125 crore to Rs 150 crore ahead of the 2027 mega auction.

“There is nothing of that sort regarding an increase in the salary purse. The mega auction will be sometime next year. This time it will not be a mega auction. Our auction is going to take place on December 16, which will be the last year of the cycle. Thereafter, we will take a call,” he said.

Saikia declined to comment on Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner and Bollywood actor Juhi Chawla’s recent post on X proposing a January window for the IPL instead of the current April-May slot.

“We are concerned about hosting the 2027 IPL, which is going to start in March 2027. That’s all,” he concluded.