Majestic Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 46 minutes ago, MultiB48 said: Salaries were low for most players ,as was the stadiums ,do you want to go back to those days.You can watch even the early ipls and see how horrible the stadiums and outfield looked. Naah, not gonna be case now. Players get paid a lot through league cricket today especially IPL where you have all the international players. Link to comment
Adamant Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 I don't really get what some posters achieve by dragging religion and Pakistan into any topic. This is a forum where 99% are Indian, jo ek do Pakistani hain they don't even post much. To Whom are you showing this rage? And winning imaginary battles? Itna garmi hai to jao pakistani forums par. Apni gully mai to kutta bhee sher hota hai. sage, mishra, putrevus and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment
maniac Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Expansion is a good idea but is there enough quality depth? Link to comment
mishra Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 (edited) IPL will grow and grow. Taking away bare minimum fair share of BCCI from ICC Tournament revenues by greedy ICC and its conniving members was probably what made BCCI realise and work on fact that Indians love cricket does not need Indian team competing International Tournaments every week. Edited June 14 by mishra Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted June 14 Author Share Posted June 14 3 hours ago, maniac said: Expansion is a good idea but is there enough quality depth? nope , even 10 teams at the end had huge holes due to lack of options which btw did make the league more competitve this time since every team had many problems so no team was far superior 12 teams wud be too much Link to comment
Jay Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 7 hours ago, Adamant said: God no! International cricket will die a painful death. This is what happens when an Indian organization gains too much power, it's good that we are pedestrian level in all other sports. We are not interested in this pyjama stuff man!, this takes up months off the international calendar. Shameful stuff, hope we always remain a minnow in every other sport. The cricket we love is heading towards a slow and painful death all thanks to a nepotistic idiot and his power ride. * you BCCI. Honestly I want t20 internationals scrapped. No need for t20 Wc in truth. Ipl is enough for this tamasha stuff. Odi WC and tests are the premier formats. Majestic 1 Link to comment
AuxiliA Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 5 hours ago, Jay said: Honestly I want t20 internationals scrapped. No need for t20 Wc in truth. Ipl is enough for this tamasha stuff. Odi WC and tests are the premier formats. T20Is are huge money makers for the smaller boards. Don't think they will be willing to give up on that, unless ICC compensates them. Link to comment
SeasonedIPLer Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 2.5 months Is not enough they should make it football style like EPL and play IPL for 6-8 months of the year and then can throw in other random games or a WC at the end of ipl season end ODI cricket use entire differwnt set of players for test cricket sage 1 Link to comment
Norman Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 This crap shouldn't be longer than a month. One of the main reasons why we haven't won a T20 world Cup after 2007. Players subconsciously treat the WT20 as as the IPL, and think they can afford to lose a 2-3 games at the start and can still make a comeback. But sadly, that's not how it works. Adamant 1 Link to comment
maniac Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 (edited) People who have this love and concern for international cricket come across as a little fake. Pak- political crisis, financial crisis, terror issues, decent team but very volatile. SL- entire country in economic crisis and have tons of issues. Afghan- country on ventilator due to Taliban WI- declining talent pool however that part of the world has a culture of producing top notch athletes. You will keep getting mercenaries but don’t have enough depth to have a competitive team. Also add internal politics and corruption. SA- quota system eating away at the talent. Cricket is a white dominated sport and they the white minority have problems. Bangladesh- has the financial support but still 25 years away before being a major force due to lack of talent depth. Zimbabwe- already totally finished. Nzl- always had a professional set up to put together a talent pool but loads of limitations. That leaves us with big 3. We won’t play Pakistan in the near future so how long before Aus and Eng series lose their charm? Win in SA doesn’t look like that far reaching any more. I know we lost but remember Wi used to run us close till mid 2000’s but the decline was evident. So I think while people are making a good point about international cricket dying , I think it’s a little over the top and the concern comes across fake because international cricket is dying regardless of the IPL. I hardly watch odi matches anymore even for Indian games. cricket is dying and IPL expansion might be the last roll of the dice to save cricket. Who the f watches test matches or even ODIs with WI, Bang, SL, Afghan, Ire etc? Having said that we need to allow Pakistan players. We can’t isolate a team with a big enough talent pool when international talent is running dry. It’s business and when it benefits us why not? I believe that will make IPL endearing to a lot of Indian fans as well I guess. Edited June 15 by maniac raki05 1 Link to comment
Nikola Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Play ipl for 2 months with six months gap so we get total of 4 months. I can then finally spend my time on doing something productive & only care about some test series. Link to comment
Suhaan Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 2 hours ago, maniac said: People who have this love and concern for international cricket come across as a little fake. Pak- political crisis, financial crisis, terror issues, decent team but very volatile. SL- entire country in economic crisis and have tons of issues. Afghan- country on ventilator due to Taliban WI- declining talent pool however that part of the world has a culture of producing top notch athletes. You will keep getting mercenaries but don’t have enough depth to have a competitive team. Also add internal politics and corruption. SA- quota system eating away at the talent. Cricket is a white dominated sport and they the white minority have problems. Bangladesh- has the financial support but still 25 years away before being a major force due to lack of talent depth. Zimbabwe- already totally finished. Nzl- always had a professional set up to put together a talent pool but loads of limitations. That leaves us with big 3. We won’t play Pakistan in the near future so how long before Aus and Eng series lose their charm? Win in SA doesn’t look like that far reaching any more. I know we lost but remember Wi used to run us close till mid 2000’s but the decline was evident. So I think while people are making a good point about international cricket dying , I think it’s a little over the top and the concern comes across fake because international cricket is dying regardless of the IPL. I hardly watch odi matches anymore even for Indian games. cricket is dying and IPL expansion might be the last roll of the dice to save cricket. Who the f watches test matches or even ODIs with WI, Bang, SL, Afghan, Ire etc? Having said that we need to allow Pakistan players. We can’t isolate a team with a big enough talent pool when international talent is running dry. It’s business and when it benefits us why not? I believe that will make IPL endearing to a lot of Indian fans as well I guess. Ye ek behatareen post hain maniac 1 Link to comment
speedheat Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Pathetic. Baap desh barbad karne par tula hai aur beta cricket. Link to comment
Adamant Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 (edited) 1 hour ago, Suhaan said: Ye ek behatareen post hain Edited June 15 by Adamant maniac 1 Link to comment
zen Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 3 hours ago, maniac said: People who have this love and concern for international cricket come across as a little fake. Who cares! ... IPL is getting stronger every year. And international cricket itself has various tiers. Link to comment
maniac Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 3 minutes ago, zen said: Who cares! ... IPL is getting stronger every year. And international cricket itself has various tiers. first part true. 2nd part those tiers will eventually lose their charm when Babar Azam will be the highest run scorer and Merzerbaani or whatever will be the highest test wicket taker. Suhaan and raki05 2 Link to comment
raki05 Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 (edited) 4 hours ago, maniac said: People who have this love and concern for international cricket come across as a little fake. Pak- political crisis, financial crisis, terror issues, decent team but very volatile. SL- entire country in economic crisis and have tons of issues. Afghan- country on ventilator due to Taliban WI- declining talent pool however that part of the world has a culture of producing top notch athletes. You will keep getting mercenaries but don’t have enough depth to have a competitive team. Also add internal politics and corruption. SA- quota system eating away at the talent. Cricket is a white dominated sport and they the white minority have problems. Bangladesh- has the financial support but still 25 years away before being a major force due to lack of talent depth. Zimbabwe- already totally finished. Nzl- always had a professional set up to put together a talent pool but loads of limitations. That leaves us with big 3. We won’t play Pakistan in the near future so how long before Aus and Eng series lose their charm? Win in SA doesn’t look like that far reaching any more. I know we lost but remember Wi used to run us close till mid 2000’s but the decline was evident. So I think while people are making a good point about international cricket dying , I think it’s a little over the top and the concern comes across fake because international cricket is dying regardless of the IPL. I hardly watch odi matches anymore even for Indian games. cricket is dying and IPL expansion might be the last roll of the dice to save cricket. Who the f watches test matches or even ODIs with WI, Bang, SL, Afghan, Ire etc? Having said that we need to allow Pakistan players. We can’t isolate a team with a big enough talent pool when international talent is running dry. It’s business and when it benefits us why not? I believe that will make IPL endearing to a lot of Indian fans as well I guess. I agree with you on this but regarding Pakistani players its always good to keep them away coz once bcci allow them. These morons will start chest thumping that bcci has to bow down in front of Pakistani talent and as if all revenue bcci generating because of them and who know they might try to pull out a stunt like 2008/9 when they pull out their players to arm twist bcci. Edited June 15 by raki05 maniac, Gollum and Suhaan 1 2 Link to comment
maniac Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 1 minute ago, raki05 said: I agree with you on this but regarding Pakistani players its always good to keep them away coz once bcci allow them. These morons will start chest thumping that bcci has to bow down in fron of Pakistani talent and as if all revenue bcci generating because if them and who know they might try to pull out a stunt like 2008/9 when they pull out their players to arm twist bcci. On the flip side, once they see the kind of riches they will think twice before parroting crap on social media. remember the entire Pakistan locker room was empty when ICl started. when it’s to our advantage why not? A lot of Muslim sportsmen talk about Iraq,Palestine etc but they will never say US or UK is wrong and cut off the hands that feed them, I think we can eventually get to that point. We can use some soft power to go along with the moves our govt has to do. raki05 1 Link to comment
zen Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 (edited) 16 minutes ago, maniac said: first part true. 2nd part those tiers will eventually lose their charm when Babar Azam will be the highest run scorer and Merzerbaani or whatever will be the highest test wicket taker. We have been following "international" cricket since 1990. We have seen it evolve. Edited June 15 by zen Link to comment
