Cricket
Is the Indian Cricket fan ready for a Change in order?
As somebody who grew up on a staple diet of Test and One-day cricket, I was skeptical when T20 cricket was introduced as a serious format in England. For long I felt it was a foreign phenomenon that may not affect Indian shores. The same champion patrons of IPL were a year back strictly against [...]
Does ICL have the answer for India’s reserve wicket keeper?
The recent test series against Sri Lanka saw the Indians find it difficult to identify a reserve wicket keeper. Dhoni no doubt is the NO-1 wicket keeper a far cry from the situation in July-Aug -2007 when Indians were touring England. That series saw the emergence of Dinesh Karthik as a competent opening bat [...]
The unsung champions of Indian cricket
As a one sport nation the easiest way to promote the culture of sports in India is through the game of cricket. Sports aficionados may say cricket & its cricketers are already overpaid and have the best deal in the world. However this is not the true picture. One needs to scratch the surface [...]
BCCI policy : Different player-statures; different rules
BCCI whip Niranjan Shah is always over eager to crack his whip on defenseless players like domestic boys of ICL, upcoming players like Chawla or the docile Laxman. The latest discrepancy is handling Tendulkar’s issue on playing for Lashings in England with former teammate Dinesh Mongia (ICL Chandigarh Lions). The [...]
Youth mobilization VS Manoranjan Ka baap ( ICL -IPL take different paths)
The ICL is back in the reckoning announcing some path- breaking initiatives for their forthcoming season. The recently concluded IPL had its league operations revolving around the entertainment factor, film stars & cheer leaders associated with their league. The ICL has launched its campaign with a different take, the first [...]
CRICKET REFERRALS WAS PIONEERED AT THE ICL
Well a lot of critics of the ICL may question what benefit the ICL offers, especially with the IPL advent. A lot has been said about the benefits of league cricket for the domestic talents and it has been well documented how players from both the league have benefited from the spotlight & financial incentives. [...]
BCCI?s, ICL Diktat affecting its own players
When one tries and practices a faulty policy like monopolistic & restrictive trade practice it starts affecting your own objectives, competency and achievements. Nothing exemplifies this better that the BCC’s latest stance of not allowing its upcoming spinner Piyush Chawla of gaining valuable experience of playing in the English county Championship. The BCCI justifies its [...]
Dubya or Moses the ball is in Lalit Modi’s court
The present stance of the BCCI strongman Lalit Modi is reminiscent of The American President’s stance on war on terror “if you are with us you are the good guys if not then you are the bad boys “. Similarly the BCCI’s stance on the ICL & its professional players lacks [...]
Pragyan Ojha or Ali Murtaza; who merited the selection if it was a level playing field?
Well Congratulations to Pragyan on his India selection, afterall it reads better than a desperate measure of roping in a Murli Kartik from the commentary box!The Asia cup showed the Indian team suffered from a dearth of spinners in the absence of Harbhajan Singh. Somehow the options seemed limited!!!! However this is [...]
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Cricketers’ Unity is the answer to International cricket turmoil
With the introduction of league cricket the game is set for a complete change over and it is for the cricketers and general public who need to build pressure on the old order ( cricket boards ); so that the transformation is smooth. Let’s just look at some of the [...]
