Overview
- The Hundred leads the World Cricketers' Association list with 75.2, followed by SA20 at 68.0 and the IPL at 62.6, narrowly ahead of Australia's BBL at 62.5 and Pakistan's PSL at 48.0.
- The IPL received maximum points for average player payment and payment reliability but scored poorly on the right to organise, dispute resolution, minimum pay, security review, revenue share, commercial rights, unilateral clauses and other restrictions.
- The assessment aggregates weighted criteria and survey input from players, agents and player associations to produce an overall score out of 100 for each competition.
- WCA chief executive Tom Moffat said the body has reached out to every league to work toward best‑practice benchmarks and will issue ongoing updates highlighting improvements and issues.
- The release comes as the IPL prepares to start on March 28, with recent scrutiny including Kolkata Knight Riders' handling of Mustafizur Rahman and continued criticism of BCCI rules restricting contracted Indian male players from other leagues.