Cricket Australia boss Todd Greenberg admits he is concerned about the prospect of the country’s top stars being offered lucrative franchise deals and fears the next generation may find it difficult to resist such offers.

This masthead revealed earlier this month that Test captain Pat Cummins and star batter Travis Head were informally offered deals worth close to $10 million a year to quit Australian cricket and play in overseas Twenty20 franchise leagues full-time.

The approaches, made by an IPL ownership group, were politely declined by the pair, who remain central figures in Australia’s national teams.

This masthead also reported this week that Australian limited overs star Jake Fraser-McGurk was approached by the GMR Group , an Indian multinational conglomerate that co-owns the

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