New FTP has given meaningful context to T20s: CEO Johri

Johri presented a proposed FTP that has 81 international matches at home in the next five-year cycle, including 27 T20s.

India will play 53 T20 Internationals in this phase which includes 26 away matches as well.

"We discussed with everybody and the feedback that we got was that one-off T20 means nothing. If there is a contest, there has to be context. And that is why, having meaningful T20 International contests is an approach that we have taken," Johri said.

His team has worked for months on the freshly-chalked FTP, which requires an ICC approval.

With India's lucrative home TV broadcast rights deal set to come up in March 2018, the CEO is confident of a windfall like the IPL where Star India bought the rights for 16,347 crore.

"We have put together a balanced FTP which gives enough meaningful content to any potential broadcaster. Just like we had seen tremendous amount of interest in IPL media rights, we expect to see the same.

"The whole planning and everything that has taken place, we have done it keeping broadcast opportunities in mind," the CEO said.

The proposed FTP has India playing 37 Tests with 19 at home and 18 away.