Melbourne, June 3 — Cricket Australia (CA) CEO Todd Greenberg has described the upcoming India men’s tour of Australia as a major highlight for the 2025–26 season, calling it “a summer like we’ve never seen before.”
“We’re going to have a summer like we’ve never seen before. India are coming. It’s going to be a blockbuster summer,” Greenberg said during a virtual media interaction with media. “That will drive enormous interest, not just from fans, but broadcasters, players. It’s the series that everyone wants to play in.”
Greenberg also addressed the growing presence of Indian women’s cricketers in the WBBL, such as Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues, and whether there were any plans to bring Indian men’s players—especially retired ones—into the BBL.
“We would love to welcome some Indian players to the BBL. That would be fantastic. That’s certainly some conversations that we will continue to have with the BCCI. I mean, I would love to see, Virat Kohli playing in the BBL this year. That would certainly create some interest in crowds and ratings, I’m sure. But at the moment, that’s not happening, but we do have our ambitions to do those types of things.”
“If we could find opportunities for Indian cricketers, either retired, recently retired, or current players to play in the BBL, they’d be very welcome, and it’s a conversation we’ll continue to have.”
On the developmental front, Greenberg praised the continuation of India–Australia A-team series and underlined their importance.
“It’s another good question, and it’s hard to find the balance because the A-tours are very important. You know, everybody saw the way that our Australian men’s team played in Sri Lanka early this year when we won that series. But what people don’t see is the amount of time that a lot of our players have spent playing their touring there in A-series games and others in order to then, once they get their opportunity at the highest level, to succeed.”
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