News
IPL
Women’s Premier League (WPL)
Features
Fantasy Cricket
Watch
Interviews
MP T20 League
Social Reactions
Betting Tips
Contact
Privacy Policy
Cookie Policy

Why RCB Might Not Play In The World Club Championship Ft. Teams From SA20, BBL, ILT20 Among Others

Aditya Ighe

World Club Championship is likely to be played next year.

Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will not be a part of the inaugural World Club Championship (WCC), likely to launch in 2026. However, an official confirmation is still awaited. The tournament is being seen as the rebirth of a decade-long-discontinued Champions League T20, which last took place in 2014. The title-winning teams from different franchise leagues across the globe are expected to feature in the tournament.

According to the PTI report, the Club event has been backed by the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI). However, despite their backing, the inaugural edition of the WCC will see no IPL franchise taking part in the competition.

Result – t10 – United Kingdom
ECS England, Wimbledon, 2025
East Molesey ESM

137/6

Spencer SPE

147/5

Spencer beat East Molesey by 10 runs

Result – t10 – United Kingdom
ECS England, Wimbledon, 2025
Twickenham TWI

151/5

Spencer SPE

149/7

Twickenham Won by 5 wickets

Match delayed due to rain

Result – t10 – United Kingdom
ECS England, Wimbledon, 2025
East Molesey ESM

100/10

Weybridge WEY

105/6

Weybridge beat East Molesey by 4 wickets

Result – t10 – United Kingdom
ECS England, Wimbledon, 2025
Weybridge WEY

131/5

Twickenham TWI

130/4

Weybridge beat Twickenham by 5 wickets

Result – t10 – United Kingdom
ECS England, Wimbledon, 2025
East Molesey ESM

153/2

Twickenham TWI

152/6

East Molesey beat Twickenham by 8 wickets

Upcoming – t10 – United Kingdom
ECS England, Wimbledon, 2025
31 Jul 2025, 02:30 PM IST
Banstead BAN

Twickenham TWI

Upcoming – t10 – United Kingdom
ECS England, Wimbledon, 2025
31 Jul 2025, 04:30 PM IST
Weybridge WEY

Twickenham TWI

Upcoming – t10 – United Kingdom
ECS England, Wimbledon, 2025
31 Jul 2025, 06:30 PM IST
Banstead BAN

Spencer SPE

Upcoming – t10 – United Kingdom
ECS England, Wimbledon, 2025
31 Jul 2025, 08:45 PM IST
Spencer SPE

Weybridge WEY

Upcoming – t10 – United Kingdom
ECS England, Wimbledon, 2025
31 Jul 2025, 10:45 PM IST
Banstead BAN

Weybridge WEY

Result – t20 – Kamrup Metropolitan
GTC Spring T20 Cup, 2nd Edition, 2025
Bud Cricket Club BCC

156/5

91 Yards Club 91YC

155/3

Bud Cricket Club beat 91 Yards Club by 5 wickets

Result – t20 – Kamrup Metropolitan
GTC Spring T20 Cup, 2nd Edition, 2025
Nabajyoti Club NAJC

112/10

Guwahati Giants GUG

114/3

Guwahati Giants beat Nabajyoti Club by 7 wickets

Upcoming – t20 – Kamrup Metropolitan
GTC Spring T20 Cup, 2nd Edition, 2025
31 Jul 2025, 09:00 AM IST
Navarang Club NVR

City Cricket Club CCC

Upcoming – t20 – Kamrup Metropolitan
GTC Spring T20 Cup, 2nd Edition, 2025
31 Jul 2025, 01:15 PM IST
Guwahati Giants GUG

91 Yards Club 91YC

Upcoming – test – London
India tour of England, Test, 2025
31 Jul 2025, 03:30 PM IST
England ENG

India IND

Result – t10 – Kuwait City
KCC T10 Summer League, 2025
Royal Trivianz RTZ

125/3

Keraniganj Challengers KGC

126/4

Keraniganj Challengers beat Royal Trivianz by 6 wickets

Live – t10 – Kuwait City
KCC T10 Summer League, 2025
Tally Rangers TCC

65/0

Jhelum Jaguars JJ

150/7

Upcoming – t20 – Kuwait City
KCC T20 Summer League, 2025
31 Jul 2025, 10:00 PM IST
Stack CC STCC

Fakhr-E-Kashmir FEK

Upcoming – t20 – Kuwait City
KCC T20 Summer League, 2025
01 Aug 2025, 01:15 AM IST
Al mulla Exchange ALECC

CECC CEC-A

Live – test – Bulawayo
New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe, Test, 2025
Zimbabwe ZIM

149/10

New Zealand NZ

92/0

Upcoming – t20 – Lauderhill
Pakistan tour of West Indies, T20, 2025
01 Aug 2025, 05:30 AM IST
West Indies WI

Pakistan PAK

Result – t20 – Kabul
Shpageeza Cricket League, 2025
Band-e-Amir Dragons BAD

180/5

Amo Sharks ASS

182/1

Amo Sharks beat Band-e-Amir Dragons by 9 wickets

Result – t20 – Kabul
Shpageeza Cricket League, 2025
Speen Ghar Tigers SGT

198/9

Boost Defenders BDS

206/10

Boost Defenders beat Speen Ghar Tigers by 8 runs

Upcoming – t20 – Kabul
Shpageeza Cricket League, 2025
31 Jul 2025, 11:00 AM IST
Amo Sharks ASS

Mis Ainak Knights MAK

Result – t20 – Trinidad and Tobago
USA Women U19 tour of West Indies, 2025
West Indies Women U19 WIU19-W

89/8

United States Of America Women U19 USAU19-W

92/7

USA Women Under-19 beat West Indies Women Under-19 by 3 wickets

Result – oneday – Birmingham
Women’s One Day Cup, 2025
 Birmingham Bears Women BRB-W

239/10

Surrey Women SUR-W

240/7

Surrey Women beat Birmingham Bears Women by 3 wickets

Upcoming – t20 – Birmingham
World Championship of Legends, 2025
31 Jul 2025, 05:00 PM IST
Pakistan Champions PNC

India Champions IAC

Upcoming – t20 – Birmingham
World Championship of Legends, 2025
31 Jul 2025, 09:00 PM IST
South Africa Champions SAC

Australia Champions AAC

Why RCB Will Not Be a Part of the World Club Championship?

The franchise qualification in the inaugural edition isn’t based on winning the title alone. It is also being determined through league-level representation and administrative involvement in global meetings. The marquee tournament will witness only five teams competing for the silverware, without any IPL franchise.

“Though the planned event has the backing of the Indian board for the tournament, there will be no IPL participation,” the report said.

No Representation of Pakistan

Lahore Qalandars, champions of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), will also have no representation in the inaugural edition, reportedly Pakistan Cricket Board’s representative didn’t attend the planned meeting in London last month, claimed the report.

“The Pakistan Cricket Board was invited to send its CEO of the PSL for a meeting held on the sidelines of the Cricket Connect meeting in London last month, but no one showed up,” the source said. “Discussions were held on the proposed World Clubs Championship, its window, format, schedule etc. (The) CEOs of the Emirates League, Big Bash League, The Hundred, SA20, MLC, Caribbean Premier League etc attended the meeting. Pakistan was also invited.”

“The PCB didn’t show up, and strangely, Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has also not regularly attended ICC meetings.”

Why the World Cricket Championship Is Being Fast-Tracked?

The World Club Championship is reportedly being fast-tracked to derail the Saudi Cricket League. It has been reported that the Saudi League has an initial investment of $400 million lined up from private investors. Saudi has already made a huge impact in football and tennis, and are now looking at cricket. They want to have their cricket tournament on the sidelines of the Tennis Grand Slam events every year. With a few players already declining their central contracts or taking early retirements from international cricket, the SCL looks threatening as it can draw top players and global attention.

All the boards’ CEOs had come up with five fixed windows for their events in the last meeting. There was a discussion around the availability of NOCs for overseas players as well.

For more updates, follow CricXtasy on FacebookInstagramTwitterTelegram, and YouTube.