Australia’s Pat Cummins and Travis Head have a good time after profitable the ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup 2023 last in opposition to India at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on November 19, 2023. — ICC
Australian captain Pat Cummins and batter Travis Head have reportedly turned down profitable provides value tens of millions from an Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise group to stop nationwide obligation and be a part of franchise-based T20 leagues full-time.
The casual $10 million provide to every participant aimed to entice the Australians into a world T20 community spanning India, the UAE, the USA, and the Caribbean, in keeping with Australian media outlet The Sydney Morning Herald.
With the speedy development of franchise cricket, IPL crew house owners have expanded their attain by buying stakes in leagues comparable to SA20, ILT20, Main League Cricket (MLC), Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and The Hundred.
These leagues now provide gamers multi-million-dollar contracts — typically far exceeding what they earn from nationwide boards.
High Australian cricketers contracted by Cricket Australia (CA) reportedly earn round 1.5 million Australian {dollars} yearly.
Cummins, as nationwide captain, earns shut to three million Australian {dollars}, whereas his IPL cope with Sunrisers Hyderabad provides one other $3.7 million.
Head, who additionally represents the identical franchise, earns about $1.2 million.
Regardless of the monetary attract, each Cummins and Head stay dedicated to representing Australia throughout codecs.
Head, particularly, has made it clear that he had no intention of leaving worldwide cricket regardless of the temptations of franchise wealth.
Throughout a current interview, opener Travis Head defined that he determined to play within the Main League Cricket (MLC) to expertise franchise cricket firsthand.
He mentioned he needed to grasp the calls for of enjoying consecutive tournaments such because the IPL, World Cup, and MLC, describing it as a chance to expertise 4 months of steady franchise cricket and learn the way totally different programs function.
“I played MLC to get a taste of what it would be like to play franchise cricket. I had IPL in a World Cup into MLC, so I wanted to see what it was like to basically play four months of franchise cricket. You want to have every option available to you, you want to experience things and understand how things operate,” Head mentioned.
“A lot of people are making certain decisions around the world, and it was a perfect opportunity for me to understand that and see what it was like for whenever the time comes for what I may or may not do in the future. Whether I could do it, whether I liked it, whether I was good at it. I hadn’t played a lot of T20 cricket for a period of time, so it was about getting back into that,” he added.
The 31-year-old batter emphasised that whereas the expertise was priceless, his main focus remained on nationwide obligation.
“It was a perfect time in my life to do that, and now that time has moved past. Currently, I’m playing for Australia, and I don’t see a timeline where I can play anything else, really,” he concluded.
