Just a couple of years ago, in 2022, the Indian Premier League (IPL) became a 10-team affair with the inclusion of Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants. But it wasn’t the first time when the world’s richest T20 league had 10 participants. Back in 2011, it was the first time when the tournament had 10 teams fighting for the title with the likes of Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Pune Warriors India joining in. While the Pune-based franchise played three seasons, Kochi were terminated right after their debut season for breaching the agreement terms.
The Kochi Tuskers featured some great of the games, including Brendon McCullum, Mahela Jayawardene – the skipper of the game, Ravindra Jadeja, to name a few. But they didn’t receive their full payments before parting ways with the franchise.
Former India pacer S Sreesanth, who was also a part of that team, revealed in an interview on ‘The Ranveer Show’ on YouTube that the franchise still owes those cricketers their money.
“They have to pay a lot of money. They still haven’t. You should get Muralitharan sir (Muttiah Muralitharan), you should get Mahela (Mahela Jayawardene) and in your show, they will only tell you. McCullum was also there, and Jadeja,” Sreesanth said.
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The two-time World Cup winner further revealed that the franchise was supposed to be part of IPL for three seasons, but was suspended after the 2011 campaign.
“Please guys, BCCI has paid you, I think. Please pay us…anyway whenever you’re paying, remember the 18% interest every year. I feel by the time my kid gets married, we will receive the money (laughs). The team was supposed to be three years, and the team was terminated in the first year. I think no one has spoken about it. Even now when the players meet, they talk about it,” he said.
According to reports, the Kochi Tuskers were suspended by the BCCI for defaulting on an annual payment of INR 155.3 crores. One of the team owners, Rendezvous Sports World, even dragged the BCCI to the Bombay High Court, making the Indian cricket board pay INR 550 crore to the franchise. However, several media reports reported that a few players were yet to receive some part of their promised payments.
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