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Australia Tour of India 2013 |Feb-Mar|


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Australia Tour of India 2013 |Feb-Mar|  

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I have never seen Dinda getting swing or reverse even in FC.
:hysterical: He swung some balls in odis .He does get inswing .His seam position is not bad.We are doomed with the choices currently there is lack of planning and preparation.In SA We have to hope yadav is fit and we need 2 more seamers i dunno who.
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It wont. It will also be a dry pitch because of the hot weather in March. It will be flat for first 2 days and will help spinners.
Offcourse it will dry after seeing aussie struggle but the pitch does have some bounce where edges may carry for pace bowlers and reverse swing may be a factor if not conventional swing if the match does take place on the venue .
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Three centuries' date=' one double century, three half centuries and we still have people whining about the pitch.[/quote'] No one is maoning. Just its sppitting, biting and bouning. Its fantastic actually. Biggest spinning pitch we seen for ages. Great test. When was last time we saw such a spin favoring pitch in India?? Must be when M Clarke cleaned up that time
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India the new world provider for cricket

By Dean Jones THE reason cricket is one of the world's most popular sports is mainly due to the influence from India. Cricket is played by 10 nations with Test status and 35 associate countries. But it is India that provides nearly 80 per cent of the world's cricket revenues. And cricket-playing countries and players around the world are a lot wealthier because of that revenue generated by India. Generally, people who have the most money get what they want. India is no different, and it is very protective of its power and very shrewd when it comes to using it. Many fans and cricket leaders think this is a bad thing for the game. I don't. Over the past few years, the Board of Cricket Control of India has not won too many friends with its directions and opinions on the game. It wasn't long ago that India was easily bulldozed by the boards from England and Australia. Not now. Advertisement Let me be completely transparent here. I work for many media companies that the BCCI has some command or authority over. Nevertheless, I believe it has every right to make decisions in its own interest, as England and Australia did during their reign of more than 100 years of cricket. The Indian authorities are the ones who have invested heavily in cricket, and ultimately they are the ones who pay the invoices. The BCCI really knows how to maximise every commercial deal it has entered and this polarises people's opinions. Other countries just hang onto India's coat-tails. Today, India always has a massive audience and it brings along a massive bank cheque. Money speaks all languages, and India's power has made all cricket nations bow to the needs of the BCCI. This shift of power has come from the fact that India is booming economically. The BCCI has been very clever in how it maintains that power. The board has a full understanding on how to control bureaucracy. The British taught it that over many years. Strategically, the BCCI has placed many board members throughout the International Cricket Council committees and now the ICC cannot do anything without the BCCI's approval. The two most dominant figures within the BCCI are Sharad Pawar and Narayanaswami Srinivasan. Many of the board members are federal ministers, who are powerful people in their own right. Over the past five years, India has really started to use its power. Its broadcast and media rights have been sold for staggering amounts of money. India recently refused to come under the World Anti-Doping Agency code, and it was the only major country that opposed the decision revision system. The board has copped a lot of criticism for its strong stance against DRS and its opinions of the WADA code. In hindsight, maybe the BCCI got its strong stance right against the DRS. It's great for TV, but with the many weird and funny cases over our summer, perhaps there is a strong argument that the Indian board may be right after all. Is the BCCI's control of everything a bad thing? It has become so dictatorial and protective of its control of the game that it chooses commentators for any series in India. The BCCI has just recently stopped me from commentating for a Twenty20 Indian universities tournament. I am led to believe the BCCI is still upset with my involvement in the creation of the Indian Cricket League in 2007 without its approval. The ICL was created by Zee Sports as part of their bid for Indian cricket TV broadcast rights. They instructed Kapil Dev, Ajay Kapoor (a television executive for Zee Sports) and myself to come up with a tournament. The ICL was created, but was quickly listed as an ''unauthorised league'' by the BCCI. The Indian board was furious and banned all ICL administrators, players and staff. The ICL disbanded not long after, and the Indian Premier League is now a mirror copy of what we invented. It was only recently that my great friend Dev was allowed back into the board's arms. Thankfully, time does heal some wounds. I hope to be back in the fold soon. Recently we have learnt that the ABC won't broadcast from India after refusing to pay the high broadcast fees demanded. I know many fans in Australia are upset with the BCCI's stance, but it is the board's right as to who it wants to do its broadcasts and what it wants to charge. If you cannot pay, then bad luck. While massive tantrums and power plays are happening off the field, it is what is happening on the field that makes things interesting. The Indian board will not allow any Indian player to play in any of the Twenty20 competitions outside the IPL - competitions such as the Big Bash League, Bangladesh Premier League, Sri Lankan Premier League and the Pakistan Super League. Not one Indian player has played in these competitions. You must ask yourself why. Does Mercedes-Benz sell some of its spare parts to help construct a Mini? The BCCI is just being smart in protecting its brand. The IPL today is one of the top six sporting brands in the world. It has really put India on the world map. Companies are flocking to the IPL just to be part of it.The Indian board ploughs most of its money back into grassroots cricket, where there are more than 55,000 matches played in India every day. It pays out millions every year in player pensions for former players. India also helped South Africa return to international cricket and helped Bangladesh reach Test status. When the Indian board isn't part of your income, people tend to have a point of view that it is ruining the fabric of the game. Then there are the players, officials and media outlets that are commercially involved with the BCCI. These people only have good words for the board. Since the board has started to be the major powerbroker of the game, has world cricket benefited? Yes, and more power to it. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/india-the-new-world-provider-for-cricket-20130222-2ex1x.html#ixzz2LuvJUymU
A response from Shamya Dasgupta
India is the financial centre of the cricket world thereÃÔ no question about that. The Board of Control for Cricket in India runs things the way it wants to and, some of us believe, bullies the International Cricket Council too. The BCCIÃÔ Indian Premier League eats into almost two months of the international cricket calendar. Frankly, with the kind of money the IPL pulls in, and pays out, the balance in the cricket world has been skewed beyond recognition. So, yes, the BCCI is an easy even much reviled target. My own instinct in these circumstances is that a passionate defence of the BCCI can only be a good thing, bringing some diversity to the discussion. That Dean JonesÃÔ position isnÃÕ all that is because the man is clearly pleading his own case for amnesty. More importantly, his defence of the BCCI is a propagation of the ÁÎoney-might is right kind of fascism. The article in question is JonesÃÔ column in the Sydney Morning Herald. Fortunately, Jones doesnÃÕ make any bones about his desire to be part of the BCCIÃÔ commentators roster, saying, Ū hope to be back in the fold soon. But hereÃÔ the rest of it. 1. Generally, people who have the most money get what they want. India is no different, and it is very protective of its power and very shrewd when it comes to using it. Many fans and cricket leaders think this is a bad thing for the game. I donÃÕ. 2. I believe it (BCCI) has every right to make decisions in its own interest, as England and Australia did during their reign of more than 100 years of cricket. 3. Is the BCCIÃÔ control of everything a bad thing? It has become so dictatorial and protective of its control of the game that it chooses commentators for any series in India. 4. The Indian board will not allow any Indian player to play in any of the Twenty20 competitions outside the IPL. You must ask yourself why. Does Mercedes-Benz sell some of its spare parts to help construct a Mini? The BCCI is just being smart in protecting its brand. 5. Since the board has started to be the major powerbroker of the game, has world cricket benefited? Yes, and more power to it. Some of the arguments against Jones might appear a bit Trade Unionist in spirit, but so be it. JonesÃÔ attempts to justify the BCCIÃÔ position by holding up the former white imperialism in cricket as a mitigating factor is manipulative. What is he saying that it was okay for England and Australia to be that way back then? The fact is thereÃÔ no way itÃÔ okay to ask, Ūs the BCCIÃÔ control of everything a bad thing? To take that argument to its logical end, IÃÅ have to ask: Is the United States of AmericaÃÔ control over the Middle East, Afghanistan, Central America and much else a bad thing? I am unnerved by the very idea of unbridled power. We have had no benign dictators in India or elsewhere; in the Emergency of the 1970s in India or in the genocide in Rwanda. Realpolitik is an explanation for why things are the way they are. It is not a justification for the morally wrong. What harm would it do to the BCCI to allow the non-IPL players or the second rung of players to play in, say, the Bangladesh Premier League? Ž© AFP Jones likens the IPL to a Mercedes Benz and justifies the BCCIÃÔ decision to prevent its players from taking part in the other Twenty20leagues around the world. In almost the same breath, he also talks about the BCCIÃÔ positive role in helping South Africa return to international cricket and in introducing Bangladesh to top-flight cricket. IsnÃÕ lending support to T20 leagues around the world a similarly philanthropic endeavour? There is, I believe, another mean spirited streak at play here. The IPL, in the sixth edition, has in its fold only around a hundred Indian players who have never represented India in one format or the other. Think thatÃÔ a reasonable number? Consider the number of players available in the country. Jones himself writes that more than 55,000 cricket matches take place in India every day this number might be exaggerated, but itÃÔ safe to say a great deal of cricket does take place in India on a daily basis. Either way, itÃÔ a mindboggling number. Now, get out your calculator and figure out how many cricketers play in India every day. How many of them are partaking of the big IPL bucks? What harm would it do to the BCCI to allow the non-IPL players or the second rung of players to play in, say, the Bangladesh Premier League if, of course, they are good enough to be picked up? That the BCCI doesnÃÕ allow this is not only to protect its own interests, but also to display its power and that it obviously has. Being the big, powerful brother is a position of responsibility. (And, yes, sport in the international arena is, or should be, about more than just money excuse the truism.) While the critics of the BCCI really do pile it on itÃÔ not too tough to do, is it? one only wishes former players of repute, respected voices, wouldnÃÕ excuse the BCCIÃÔ brand of dictatorship for petty personal gains.
http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-blog/alls-pays-well/52215 Professor Deano did get a tad carried away there
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:hysterical: He swung some balls in odis .He does get inswing .His seam position is not bad.We are doomed with the choices currently there is lack of planning and preparation.In SA We have to hope yadav is fit and we need 2 more seamers i dunno who.
But it is not effective even if he gets a little bit. Saw him struggle in first ranji match of the season big time on a helpful track against Rajasthan while Pankaj Singh picked up 9 wickets. He could not do much at Mohali where Sandeep Sharma and Siddarth Kaul wrecked havoc in helpful conditions.
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This is how Indian pitches should be to get the home advantage against oppositions like Australia and South Africa who have a relatively weak spin department in their ranks. All in all, a wonderful pitch to have in a must win series for India. I don't think Hyderabad pitch will be spinner friendly from day 1 as this one has been. That would be a batting paradise for 3 days and then crack a little from the 4th day onwards. I expect a drawn game in Hyderabad.

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