Cricket's New Innings: How Blockchain Technology Is Changing the Game's Economy and Governance

Cricket's new innings is being written on a blockchain ledger. The ICC's fan-token deal with Socios in 2026 was the first visible sign, but the real change lies in ticketing, smart contracts and royalty settlement. Blockchain ticketing can curb black-market resale by putting every resale on an immutable ledger. Fan tokens give supporters a digital relationship with players, as Ravindra Jadeja's NFT showed. Smart contracts can automate player fees and broadcast revenue shares. Yet the technology is not inherently transparent: if boards control the code, they can keep the underlying governance opaque. This is especially relevant in Bangladesh and India, where board finances have rarely been public. The decisive battle in the next five years will be over data ownership, not token prices. The Bengali article analyses these layers through the experience of watching South Asian cricket for nineteen years.