Australia legend Adam Gilchrist has issued a stark warning about the "global dominance" of the IPL amid reports David Warner is set to snub Australia's domestic T20 competition the Big Bash in order to play in the UAE's new International T20 League.
The league is made up of six teams, with three of them owned by groups that also own IPL franchises, including the GMR Group which owns Warner's current IPL team Delhi Capitals. And The Australian is reporting that Warner has made a request to Cricket Australia to allow him to play in the UAE league instead of the Big Bash, with the two set to clash.
However, Gilchrist has warned that letting Warner play in the competition would be "commercial suicide" and that the monopoly of IPL franchises is "getting a little bit dangerous", with IPL owners also buying teams in the new South African T20 competition and the Caribbean Premier League. Speaking on SEN radio, Gilchrist said: "I think it would almost be commercial suicide for [Cricket Australia] to allow a player like him to go head-to-head up against their own competition.
