We all know that it is just Kenya not being able to keep people on paycheck who come from another country because the financial situation of Kenya is not that good, which is the reason why they are not doing well right now in cricket. I am sure that if they did something like those “associate nations“ are doing, they would have also got a good amount of funding from the ICC.

Just tell me, how a team that was in the semifinals of the 2003 World Cup not play even a single match against full members before playing in the 2007 World Cup? The 2007 World Cup was the World Cup of surprises. If Kenya actually continued playing against full members of the ICC, I think they were also going to do well in the 2007 World Cup.

Here I will blame ICC because they need to be stick about their game's quality which is important, but they are not doing anything about this and discouraging Associate countries just because of playing against big nations are not good for their finances here they must act and bring better policy which helps all nations for increasing quality and having experience because if you want to bring more teams in system then actions like these are must.
 
Even if they can't big regular teams then playing against A team from big nations are also helpful for them because now it's time for having few events like Under-17 and Under20 because this will help youths, and they will be able to have better technique and experience.

You are missing all the crucial aspects, New Zealand refused to play against Kenya in Kenya as they were the co host during the 2003 World Cup, match fixing had a huge impact and the conflict between the players and their Cricket board and they were not able to replicate that World Cup success after that tournament and they were given opportunities to face national A sides and they were not able to defeat them either and you think a full member team should play during that period.

I explained the reason above and in other Cricketing threads as well and on top of that the Kenyan Cricket board also got dissolved during that period and without a Cricket board there is no national team and you cannot blame the ICC for that.

England was controlling Cricket from its inception till the late 80s, India literally forced them to move the World Cup out of England in 1987 and then only Australia got the opportunity to host them in 1992 and other countries got the opportunity to host because of that tactical move and by that time India became a huge revenue generating market for the ICC and other countries can aspire to do the same and never expect to get these opportunities in a golden platter.

Back then it was the Pawar/Srinivasan era. These two were only bothered about making money for themselves. Only when the mafia was kicked out by Jay Shah and Anurag Thakur, the horror story ended. And this is also one of the reasons why I don't oppose Jay Shah too much. Because the alternative is a lot worse. The only difference is that instead of Pawar/Srinivasan, it will be their nepotistic children (Rupa Gurunath and Supriya Sule) who are even worse. In less than a year, general elections are due in India. If NDA loses, then we'll again see Pawar/Srinivasan controlling the ICC.

The IPL window is going to get extended further in the future. Right now we have 10 teams and a 2.5 month window. Sometime in the future, we might see a 20-team competition with a 4-month window. Already the IPL franchises are trying to enter into direct contracts with some of the overseas players. And they own teams in different leagues around the world, such as CPL, GT20 and ILT20. In the next 5-10 years, ICC and BCCI will get a taste of their own medicine, when the IPL franchises will take over world cricket.

20 freaking teams? That would be insane and I doubt that would ever happen since the current 10 team format itself attracted a lot of criticism due to prolonging the duration of seasons stressing out the players and the crowds.

More like never. Too many teams would imply too many matches which would mess up the entertainment factor related to the IPL.

20 years sound too long for me. IPL is growing at a pace that no one might have imagined a few years ago. IPL franchises are getting sold for almost $1 billion per team. Media rights are being sold for $1.2 billion per year. A few years ago, no one might have imagined these numbers were possible. My prediction is that by 2030 or so, IPL will be a four-month tournament played by 20 or so teams and the media rights will be worth anywhere from $3 billion to $5 billion per year. Player salaries can go up by 10x, and maximum salary may touch $25 million per year.

Expanding the team in the IPL would depend on the future media rights deal.

The current one is fixed for 5 years, so no changes in the 10-team format till 2027. If we go by their previous expansion pattern then they would like to add a few teams (at best 2) in every new cycle(given it's 4-5 years for every deal). That's why I came up with the number of min 20-25 years.

If the IPL franchise consists of 20+ teams, the duration of the tournament is naturally longer. I think if the tournament goes on for a long time India will become very strong economically in terms of cricket. Because India will have a chance to earn a huge amount of money with the IPL running for a long time. But this is a matter of great joy for the gamblers not only in India but here as the tournament runs for a long time. If the IPL is conducted with 20 teams, gamblers can stay involved in the IPL for a long time. And can earn huge amount of money from ipil

I heard that the current media rights deal for IPL includes clauses for an increase in payment in case the number of matches per season are increased (it doesn't mention about the number of teams though). Your argument is valid though. Adding 3-4 teams at once can disrupt the equilibrium, as some of the franchises are finding it hard to get enough number of quality Indian players (Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings are examples). Increasing the number of teams would further dilute the player pool, which will probably force the BCCI to remove the limit on overseas players.