{"id":680054,"date":"2026-05-19T04:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/680054\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T04:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:30:09","slug":"big-bash-2026-27-season-set-to-begin-in-chennai-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/680054\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Bash 2026\/27 season set to begin in Chennai, India"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cashed-up Indian Premier League (IPL) owners may have been blocked from investing in BBL franchises for now.<\/p>\n

But the 2026\/27 BBL season could still have a decidedly Indian flavour with reports the BBL|16 tournament opener is set to be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, the 38,000-seat home of the Chennai Super Kings.<\/p>\n

According to reports in The Indian Express<\/a> the match is likely to be played in the second week of December following months of talks between Cricket Australia and the all-powerful Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).<\/p>\n

The deal still requires final approval from Indian government officials, however it seems that is close to happening with a Cricket Australia delegation on hand overnight in Chennai for the Super Kings\u2019 final IPL home game of the 2026 season at MA Chidambaram Stadium.<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0When does Australia play its next Test match? Opponents, dates and venues\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are exploring the potential of Chennai in partnership with the Australian Government to deepen the India-Australia relationship,\u201d a Cricket Australia representative told The Indian Express.<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing confirmed as yet, we are working closely with our friends in BCCI.\u201d<\/p>\n

There have been suggestions the match could feature defending BBL champions Perth Scorchers.<\/p>\n

In 15 seasons no Indian has ever appeared in a BBL match with active players prohibited from participating in overseas T20 leagues.<\/p>\n

Former Indian legend Ravi Ashwin came close in BBL|15 after signing with the Sydney Thunder but the 39-year-old suffered a knee injury before the season began.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cashed-up Indian Premier League (IPL) owners may have been blocked from investing in BBL franchises for now. But…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-680054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}