LONDON (Reuters) - The Indian Premier League (IPL) should be scrapped to safeguard the long-term health of cricket, according to former England all-rounder Ian Botham.
Botham believes the big-money Twenty20 competition featuring eight franchises which bid for the cream of the world's leading one-day talent has become too powerful and could be fuelling corruption in the game.
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