The plan to organize a European T20 franchise tournament in this summer is to be given shelter by 2026 as three potential owners are focusing on completing the team’s bets in hundred instead.
The European T20 Premier League (ETPL), ownership of Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan, and was scheduled to begin next month to include a city-based franchise from Ireland, Scotland and Netherlands.
The six-team tournament was slated to be from July 15 to August 3, but many sources have told the BBC Sport that the program will definitely not take place this year.
The project is being led by Cricket Ireland in collaboration with the boards of Scotland and Netherlands.
Dublin, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Amsterdam and Rotterdam were the designated places for the ETPL, which promised to “raise local talents, elevate the global superstar and ignite a wave of enthusiasm in Europe”.
The deals for at least three of the six city-based franchises are considered very close to being signed, and it was initially expected that once they were wrapped, the remaining three would soon follow.
However, three of those potential ETPL franchise owners are also getting bets in hundred hundred and are said to have been given priority to those deals.
In April, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Extended deadline Earlier this year to complete the sales of those hundred franchisees.
The knock-on effect of those sales delays is the adjournment of ETPL, with a formal announcement to confirm that it has been reinforced within the next 48 hours.
Bollywood actor and film production Bachchan was declared as part-owner of ETPL with Rules Sport Tech when it was launched in January.
Rules Sport Tech is a private Indian company that promotes and creates high quality sports initiatives, tournaments and programs. “
49 -year -old Mumbai -born Bachchan traveled to Dublin in March to promote the tournament through a series of media interviews and Instagram posts.
This is not the first time the European T20 franchise tournament, which includes Dutch, Irish and Scottish cricket boards, has fought to get off the ground.
In 2019, the Euro T20 Slam – which had separate backers – Before a fortnight before the opening game,
After the announcement of the team’s names, this came, a draft was held and the franchisees were allotted to the Marki players including Eoin Morgan.
The tournament was then postponed several times in later years and never happened.
The organizers are clear about the possibilities of ETPL, even though no franchise is yet sold, and is convinced that it will not suffer from issues similar to the Euro T20 slam.
Cricket Ireland, Cricket Scotland and Royal Dutch Cricket Association all refused to comment.