The debate about the official status and the war between ICL and IPL wil rage on forever, but the sad fact that will always remain true is that Shane Bond was a brilliant bowler (even through the various injury worries in the past) but now in all this politics between the ICL, BCCI and ICC, he has been reduced to a shadow of his previously stunning self. Who are we kidding? 20-20 cricket , 9 times out of 10, is the last place a bowler of his calibure would want to be.
compare the era where dd was the only channel. now with multiple pvt channels operating, apart from the wide choice to the public, these 100s of channels r showing thousands of programmes/serials, etc., giving job opportunities/livelihood to lakhs of artists . so it has been good to the country.
similarly bcci monopoly has to b broken. let icl succeed. more n more cricketers will get the benefit and survive on ckt. public will hv option. channels will hv alternatives. so icl is good for ckt.
Cricket is the real winner with ICL, I get to see so many youngsters of our country, except for those 12 to 15 players all the time, there are so many talented players, why not give them an opportunity to make some money ? and play with some foreign players too ?, Thanks to Kapil and Co for staging the ICL
Shane, you have talked about international cricket getting priority.If you are fit and ready to bowl(as you are now in the ICL), why did not you make yourself available for the home series against England currently underway
RE:Why not the series against England Mr.Bond
by Crick fan on Mar 19, 2008 03:43 AM
ICC has objected to to all the players playing ICL as BCCI has influenced them hard. Hence NZ selectors dropped him. Henceorth any one playing in ICL the rebel compitition will not be connsidered for there National teams. This is the case with Shane Bond.
How is ICL better than BCCI? Kapil dev is against the appointment of foreign coaches but maximum teams in ICL have foreign coach what does he want to say about that.Even the Physios are foreigners.I think both BCCI and ICL are the same I think ICL is just putting up a act of being professional
RE:ICL and BCCI
by Crick fan on Mar 19, 2008 08:14 AM
An Indian coach like Madan Lal who has some credential as a coach can do the job well but comes across with language problem. He can manage with Indian players as even south Indian players do understand workable english. But with so many forigners , I suppose our coaches got to do well with this limitations. This is the reason Forigners being preferred. By the way there are certain teams in IPL and ICL with Indian coaches.
RE:ICL and BCCI
by Ninan Panicker on Mar 21, 2008 10:19 AM
He can manage with Indian players as even south Indian players do understand workable english. What do u mean by the above statement? Is it that everyone else in the country can understand English but South Indian players can just get by with English.
i really dont know y bcci is reacting against icl. i dnt think its fair.all matters is the game of cricket.and the one who performs and has the capability of representing the country shud be included in the indian team irrespective of whether he is icl or ipl player.people who dont know bout an inch of cricket are sitting n ruling the higher position in indian cricket.at state level youngsters r not included to play but only those who has strong backing power are given chance.our govt or even senior players of the team shud do sumthing n remove this ban from icl player.othrwise the religion of india (thats cricket) will going to be divided just like india and pakistan.
I don't understand what the hell BCCI wants. i think Indian Government should step in and do something to save game of cricket because bcci is not doing rite. They r spoiling game of cricket not only in India but all over the world. i know they have power it doesn't mean they can do anything indianpremierleagues.net
RE:Y to ban ICL
by Nikhil Kelkar on Mar 18, 2008 11:13 AM
Seriously man its amazing. But you know what, this power wielding doesnt last. The players will go to court and get the ruling in their favor.
RE:RE:Y to ban ICL
by Narayan Hegde on Mar 18, 2008 05:38 PM
u r right bcci wants all cricket rights should be for them alone, so the entire world cricket should listen to their terms unconditionally.
I think money in the game has created divisions in Indian cricket.ICL said it would develop good players, but the fact is the players playing in ICL had been already playing for BCCI, taking these players in the league and saying that XYZ player has performed well, but the fact is BCCI had given opportunity to this player to play for them so ICL cannot take the whole credit for domestic players playing well in ICL
