Guest gaurav_indian Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 South Africa team may contest in the IPL It may not be too far away when a South African team may be fielded in the Indian Premier League. Gerald Majola, the CEO of Cricket South Africa, said on Wednesday morning that quite a few business tycoons have already approached him, wanting to buy IPL teams. “Given the huge success of the IPL in the country, I have got quite a few proposals and I would like to put that forward to the IPL commission,” Majola said. “We have developed a great relationship with the IPL and I’m quite confident we’ll be able to take the project forward,” the CEO added. The IPL commission isn’t opposed to the idea either. “Till next year, we’ve eight teams. But after that, once we decide on new teams, there can be discussions on the South African proposal,” an IPL official said. Meanwhile, Majola also added that there will be a proposal to the commission to have at least one round of IPL matches in South Africa every year. “It depends on the commission whether they’re happy with the hospitality that we have extended. From our end, we would like to make this bond stronger,” Majola added. Talking about the IPL effect, the CEO said that the tournament has been able to challenge the idea of cricket being “a white man’s sport” in the country. “IPL challenges all the traditional norms of cricket and really makes the game a mass product. IPL has been able to displace rugby and football from the sports pages. “It was supposed to be a tired period for us, with the football and rugby season coming up, but now it has all turned around. We’ve IPL everywhere and that has not only boosted the game in the country, but the economy too,” Majola said. Will CSA follow BCCI and embrace their stance on ICL players? “We have shown zero tolerance on rebel leagues. But we’re keeping a close eye on the situation and see how things shape up,” he added. When asked about the racial quota in the South African tea, he said, “All I can say to you is that every player who is playing for South Africa deserves a place in the team. Our only aim is to ensure that the best team plays, where every player gets his due.” http://www.iplpulse.com/ipl/south-africa-team-may-contest-in-the-ipl/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViruRulez Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 It sounds good .. it will truely turn international and have a huge fan base world over if that happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomainK Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 If we have foreign teams in IPL, unfortunately the local teams will become completely local. Once you have a SA team, England, Australia, WI etc would want to field their teams as well. The local Indian teams would then field only Indian players and they would be weak. Soon the local teams would be the underdogs and the international teams would be competing for the top position. Its Indian Premier League and lets keep it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zap_Brannigan Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 No.....it would be just like any other team in the IPL except with 7 SA players and 4 intl players. All the important intl players will go to the team with the highest bid. So basically, except for 2 or 3 SA intl players, others will play for the other teams in the IPL. The only problem is that since they can select 7 local players from SA without competition from other teams, it could be really strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunny Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 If we have foreign teams in IPL, unfortunately the local teams will become completely local. Once you have a SA team, England, Australia, WI etc would want to field their teams as well. The local Indian teams would then field only Indian players and they would be weak. Soon the local teams would be the underdogs and the international teams would be competing for the top position. Its Indian Premier League and lets keep it that way. But if it's Indian Premier League there's no guarantee that foreign players will play in the future. It will be better if this is globalized as soon as possible (of course centering it around India). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomainK Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 But if it's Indian Premier League there's no guarantee that foreign players will play in the future. It will be better if this is globalized as soon as possible (of course centering it around India). They will. Why do you think the foreign players would go away? Where will they go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViruRulez Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 But if it's Indian Premier League there's no guarantee that foreign players will play in the future. It will be better if this is globalized as soon as possible (of course centering it around India). I agree.. a team or two from a foreign country will instead help in getting a larger audience and making it a global league .. but the matches must be held in India mostly ... the revenues will increase manifold if it is made global .. then an APL or P20 cannot even think of anything too as IPL itself would have a global audience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kartikey Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 crap, its the INDIAN Premier League, and whats this about holding one round of matches in SA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suraj Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Its good for cricket and I think SA pitches > Indian Pitches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboysfan Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Its good for cricket and I think SA pitches > Indian Pitches absolutely-those flat lifeless pitches got on my nerves towards the end of the tournament.It good to see bowlers striking back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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