The European T20 Premier League (ETPL) will run from 15 July to 3 August 2025. The specialty about this league is that for the first time in the history of the T20 franchise cricket, multiple national boards will be jointly managing a league. And actually this is a great idea, that can be considered by even test playing nations.
For example, why can't Cricket Australia and New Zealand Cricket jointly operate a league, that can replace the BBL and the Super Smash? I would recommend 6 teams from Australia and 2 from New Zealand. Another suggestion is to have a combined league for South Asia (minus India). I would recommend 3 teams from Pakistan, 2 each from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, and one team from Nepal to have a 10-team tournament.
This isn't ideal since there are way, way too many leagues being played around the world these days. Top cricketers usually have the time for only prestigious leagues like the IPL, Top ICC tourneys, High profile test series etc these days.
It's better to focus on those prestigious tournaments and refine them further instead of starting new tournaments in my personal opinion.
Well.. that's what I am saying. There is no point in having 10-15 different leagues. I believe that there is enough room to have separate leagues from the pig-3. IPL, Hundred and the BBL can remain financially viable in the long run. But I am not that optimistic about the smaller leagues such as the CPL and BPL. What I would suggest is the following:
1. IPL, BBL and Hundred remain as they are, but BBL can include two teams from New Zealand, and Hundred can include a team each from Netherlands, Scotland and Ireland.
2. MLC should include teams from Canada
3. CPL should include teams from Bermuda and maybe also from Latin America
4. One combined league for Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal and Bangladesh
5. SA20 can include teams from Zimbabwe, Namibia, Uganda and Nigeria
6. A combined league for GCC nations
7. Combined league for Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand