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TOP 5 RICHEST CRICKET BOARD ACCORDING TO THE DOMESTIC BROADCASTING RIGHTS. RICHEST CRICKET BOARD IN THE WORLD.

Here is the top 5 richest cricket board in the world as per the domestic broadcasting rights.

NUMBER : 5

IT IS TIE BETWEEN BANGLADESH CRICKET BOARD AND CRICKET SOUTHAFRICA – APPROXIMATELY 30-35 MILLION USD PER ANNUM.
A) BANGLADESH CRICKET BOARD
Maasranga Television and Gazi TV (GTV) will be the two official broadcasters of Bangladesh Premier League(BPL) from 2019 to 2022-23 for 3 years. They have won the broadcasting rights of BPL for amount of 82 million usd. BPL live Streaming will be on Rabbitholebd Sports app. Gazi tv the private television network of Bangladesh also had the rights for broadcasting domestic bangladesh cricket matches for the value of 22.5 million usd in total for 6 Years.BCB broadcasting deal has been expired and new broadcastic deal is on hold because of covid-19.
B) CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA
Super sports have the domestic right for cricket matches in Southafrica for 6 years for approximately 200 million usd. The deal will run till 2021.
Even through as per now it is an tie but the condition of both the board is in contrast, as bangladesh cricket is on rise and south african cricket is on decline and it is on its all time low of last 3 decade. So we can see BCB rise in revenue because they have both fans as well as rising economy.

NUMBER : 4

PAKISTAN CRICKET BOARD -APPROXIMATELY 75-80 Million USD PER ANNUM.
In last 3 decades this is first time that Pakistani broadcaster ‘PTV’ have brought the rights for Pakistan domestic cricket. It is surprising but the value that is estimated is more shocking and unbelievable because it is said to be generating 200 million usd for PCB in course of 3 years. The previous broadcasting deal with indian broadcaster Sony network was for only 60 million usd for 5 years of span. The deal with Sony network was actually 150 million usd for 5 years but due to no “IND VS PAK” bilateral series they deducted 90 million usd from the deal. PTV along with Indian broadcaster Sony network also have broadcasting right of PSL which is worth 36 million usd for 3 years cycle.

NUMBER : 3

CRICKET AUSTRALIA – APPROXIMATELY 150 MILLION USD PER ANNUM.
CA agreed 6 years deal of estimated worth 900 Million USD. Foxtel and Seven West Media won the Media rights for cricket in Australia. They have beaten the previous broadcaster Network Ten and Nine Entertainment.Seven will broadcast all Test matches, women international matches and 23 matches of Big Bash while Fox will broadcast all Test, one day internationals as well as t20 internations on their network.

NUMBER : 2

ENGLAND CRICKET BOARD – APPROXIMATELY 300 MILLION USD PER ANNUM.
ECB agreed five years deal with Sky Sports and BBC for estimated worth of 1.5 billion usd for 5 years from 2020-2024.This deal include men international,women international as well as domestic matches. The new tournament named as “THE HUNDRED” is also the part of this broadcasting deal. Cricket will return on BBC after 21 years of gap and Sky Sports will continued its partnership with ECB as broadcaster which they are in for last 3 decades.

NUMBER : 1

BOARD OF CRICKET CONTROL IN INDIAN – APPROXIMATELY 700 MILLION USD PER ANNUM.
It is no surprise for all of us as we all know that BCCI is the richest cricketing board in the world but at the pace which their domestic broadcasting revenue is rising it is astronising and mammoth. The Indian domestic matches rights for 5 years is with Star India network for 944 million usd and the amount for Indian premier league is 2.55 billion usd which is also paid by Star India network which is owned by disney.

The revenue of BCCI is more then the combine revenue of all the other five board member in this list which is shocking and amazing. As the years are passing the Indian cricket team value is increasing in many folds and it is unlikely to stop BCCI position in cricket unless and until there is a new sports popularity rises in india or The sudden rise of popularity of cricket in USA / CHINA can also impact the money power of BCCI.

THE REVIVAL OF REAL CRICKET”TEST CHAMPIONSHIP”

As we know there is talk on how we can save test cricket from demolish so here is my view as an cricket fan and my love towards the game as I want the game of cricket to grow world wide but also by maintain its quality. Cricket can be spread worldwide with the t20 format but to strength cricket it is important for the members of cricket boards to do something to create an atmosphere where people can really start having an interest in test cricket. Icc test championship is really good for the revival of test cricket but the current design of the tournament is really very much failure and rubbish. If icc really want the pure form of Cricket which is test cricket to be in limelight then they have to be loyal and desicipline. The cricketing board have to come forwade to help icc especially BCCI, ECB and CA. The powerhouse of cricket has to do their part in revival of test cricket.
As per my view, There should be top 8 team taking participation in the championship and every team should play each team once in the tournament from which top 2 teams with most points will play the finale. There will be 29 matches total including the final which will take approximately 5 months. So it will be long tournament and it may take lot of sacrifice mainly from the BCCI, ECB and CA but they have to do this for the betterment of cricket. This three boards have to take some financial hit for goodness of the game of cricket.
As 5 months is long period and we all seeing that test cricket is still alive in England and Australia in attendance perspective so it will be safe and make sense to start the tournament in the summers of the specific country. For example if test championship held in England then it should start at July and end at november and if test championship held in Australia then it should start at October and end at February. The starting few seasons should be held only in this two countries and then as per the requirement and results opportunity should be given to other member to host the championship in future.
The domestic t20 tournament of respective country australia or England have to do an sacrifice for the sake to organising test champion ship on their soil for that respective year of the championship. They can held their domestic t20 tournament before or after this test championship. As test championship will happen in every four year cycle so it will be difficult but not impossible for the success of the championship. Icc should market the test championship with full potential so that it will catch an eyeballs of cricket loving people. It will take a lot effort from icc and every board member but for the sake of game they have to take this situation as an opportunity and work on this as soon as possible.