According to The Indian Express, two senior Cricket Australia employees, head of operations Phil Rigby and head of competition development and strategy Margot Harley, were in India to explore the possibility of a city like Chennai hosting a BBL game. This attempt to hold a BBL game on Indian shores comes amid talks of selling off at least two of their eight Big Bash franchises.
The report added that while BBL clubs have not been officially informed by Cricket Australia about the idea of hosting a match in India, clubs are aware of CA’s desire. The idea, if CA decides to pursue it, will also be dependent on the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the BBL broadcasters giving the go-ahead. Unlike the BBL’s Indian counterpart, the Indian Premier League, BBL has two cities, Sydney and Melbourne, each of which has two franchises, giving rise to local derbies.
Meanwhile, Australia are out of the 2026 T20 World Cup campaign in the group stage, where they have won one match in the three matches they have played so far. They have been placed in Group B alongside Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Ireland and Oman. They have lost to Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
Australia started their campaign by 67 runs over Ireland thanks to some great bowling from Nathan Ellis and Adam Zampa. They then lost to Zimbabwe by 23 points but failed to chase down 170 points. Brian Bennett scored 64* to maintain Zimbabwe’s score in the match. Matt Renshaw was the only batsman to score 65 but couldn’t take his team home. They recently lost to Sri Lanlka, where Pathum Nissanka’s century took Sri Lanka to victory and Super Eights, even though Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head.
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