Malaysian T20 league set to take cricket to new heights

By Bipin Dani

In a major step to boost the popularity of cricket in South Asian countries, the IPG Group, which is organising the LPL (Lanka Premier League) in Sri Lanka, will be hosting the Malaysian T20 league in June-July of 2023.
After the rousing success of the three editions of the Lanka Premier League, the IPG Group has another big mission on its mind and will start a T20 league in Malaysia with the aim of taking cricket in the country to new heights.

 A total of five teams will take part in the Malaysian T20 League, with four Malaysian players in the starting XI. IPG Group has signed a long-term agreement with the Malaysian Cricket Association on an exclusive basis, under which all rights - Linear TV, Digital, Operations, Marketing, and Commercials rest with the IPG group.

Malaysian Cricket Association is an associate member of the ICC, and the league will be a huge opportunity for the cricket players in the nation to play with some of the best cricketing talents in the world. “We are really excited to start a T20 league in Malaysia. In the recently concluded T20 World Cup, we saw the potential of associate nations as they caused many upsets against top teams, and our aim is to take the Malaysian cricket team to those heights. We believe that a T20 league like this can unearth some of the best cricketing talents in the country and help strengthen the Malaysian cricket team,” said Anil Mohan, Founder and CEO of IPG, the official promoter of the LPL.
He added, “A lot of top cricketers in the world will come to Malaysia to play in the upcoming Malaysian T20 league, and it will be a great opportunity for the local players to learn from them. We want to bring Malaysian players together with some of the most skilled players in world cricket. They can learn about different aspects of the game from them, which will eventually take cricket in this country to new heights.”