CSK, RR likely to return in ’18 IPL

Taking the first step towards laying out a fresh roadmap for the controversy-marred Indian Premier League, the BCCI on Sunday decided to float tenders for two new teams to replace the suspended franchises of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, which will return to the cash-rich league in 2018. At its working committee meeting here, the Board decided not to terminate CSK and RR, both of which are currently serving a two-year suspension recommended by the Supreme Court-appointed Justice R M Lodha committee for their involvement in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal. Sunday’s decision by the BCCI will make the next two IPLs an eight-team affair. However, the BCCI did not clarify whether IPL will be a 10-team affair from 2018.