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Well rayudu has signed up!
This is a bit surprising.He was considered a good prospect.But then they have been offered 90 lakh rupees for 3 years as opposed to 7-8 thousand /month (i think ) given by BCCI. I think BCCI will have to stop sitting on the money and spend some serious money in the domestic scene.
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You gotta give them a chance Predz .... doesnt the USA thrive on similar sort of sporting structure ? And its not just one sport like in India ... there are atleast 4 major sports that survive despite being privately owned and operated by soo many franchises.
BB, it's not like we have 2 different baseball leagues competing with one another. That is basically what we are getting with the advent of the ICL
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True but the Indian Team doesnt play through out the year ... and we certainly have the numbers to support both. The best option would be if the 2 organizations complement each other. Also in the USA you will notice that there is no craving for a national team or "ALL Star Team" as they call it. They dont give a flying fack if Japan is better at Baseball or Ukraine/Russia is better at basketball ....
Yeah but the yanks are quite dumb!
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Okay, I'll post the whole article: Seven Hyderabad Ranji players join ICL August 16, 2007 18:37 IST Last Updated: August 16, 2007 20:43 IST Undeterred by the Board of Control for Cricket in India's threat to impose bans and withdraw financial benefits, seven Hyderabad Ranji Trophy players on Thursday joined the Indian Cricket League, thus giving the rebel series a boost. Promising 21-year-old batsman Ambatti Rayudu is among the seven who have reportedly decided to align with the Subhash Chandra-owned Essel Group's parallel venture. After signing on several retired players during the past few weeks, the league has got current Ranji Trophy players to align themselves with the proposed Twenty20 tournament, to be held in October. "Seven of our players walking out will weaken the Hyderabad team, but we will try and recruit fresh talent," he said. Apart from Rayudu, Vinay Kumar, Ibrahim Khalil, I S Reddy, Anirudh Singh, Kaushik Reddy and Shashank Nag are the other players to walk out on the team. Vinod said the association will wait for the BCCI to take a decision on the fate of the players at its Annual General Meeting in Mumbai on August 21. "The players joined ICL in Chennai last night but informed the Hyderabad Cricket Association only this morning," said Vinod, who is also a minister in the Andhra Pradesh government. He cried foul, saying the players are "the property of HCA and got all the encouragement and opportunities from the body. I don't know why they have left". "Had they informed HCA before joining ICL, things would have been different," Vinod added. Although the organisers of the breakaway league did not disclose the financial details, it is learnt that the players would stand to gain a hefty Rs 90 lakh each for a three-year contract besides Rs one lakh as match fees. It is in stark contrast to Rs 60,000 that Ranji Trophy players earn for a match. The BCCI paid Rs 16,000 as match fees for a member of the playing eleven and an additional Rs 44,000 as part of its profit sharing arrangement with domestic players. In other words, if a Ranji player went on to reach the final, he would roughly get Rs 5.4 lakh per year, a pittance compared to what the ICL is offering an average player. While the ICL is offering Rs 30 lakh for an average Ranji player, it is willing to pay Rs 50 lakh per year for a player with international experience. Rayudu's decision to join the rebel body comes as a surprise, as he was touted as India's next great batting hope since he started training at the National Cricket Academy in 2002. Rayudu has scored 2715 runs in 47 first-class matches at an average of 39.92 but none of the other players had the potential to play for India. The development assumes significance as it shows that younger players are more than willing to play for the breakaway series despite the BCCI diktat. While the Hyderabad players are among the first Ranji Trophy cricketers to join the rebel venture, sources in the ICL said negotiations are on with a host of other such players and the feedback is encouraging. Ever since the league was announced, the BCCI has been blowing hot and cold on the contentious issue, with its top officials making contradictory statements at times. While secretary Niranjan Shah talked about imposing life bans on players if they aligned with the ICL, president Sharad Pawar [Images] said there is no confrontation and ruled out banning anybody for life. However, the BCCI's office-bearers met on August 8 in New Delhi and issued a rather vague statement, which in effect was a mild reiteration of their stand of barring players from playing for the country if they joined the ICL. The statement read: "Every individual has a right to choose whether he wishes to associate himself with the BCCI or any other organisation. However, if he chooses to associate himself with any other organisation, he shall not be entitled to derive any benefits from BCCI, or be connected with any of its activities." Former West Indies captain Brian Lara has so far been the only high-profile signing by the ICL though there has been speculation that some top Pakistani players like Inzamam-ul Haq, Mohammad Yousuf , Abdul Razzaq and Imran Farhat are said to be in advanced stage of negotiation. A host of former Indian players like Kiran More, Sandeep Patil, Madan Lal, Balwinder Singh Sandhu have already joined the league in different capacities. Former India captain Kapil Dev heads the ICL's Executive Board. ---------------------------------------------------------------- So things are moving for ICL now. Money offered is more than decent and players can get their future secured with those amounts if they play for 3 years! Rayudu was treated extremely badly by HCA and I think India lost a great talent.

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They dont give a flying fack if Japan is better at Baseball or Ukraine/Russia is better at basketball ....
Oh yes we do ! You may have noticed that the United States basketball team hasn't won a gold medal in years. They were knocked out of the World Championships last year by Greece, finished with a crappy bronze in the Athens Olympics back in 2004. The USA's capitulation on the international stage has prompted a total revamp of the structure and selection process. Players are now spending over a year training with one another, as opposed to being brought together 2 weeks prior to the start of the Olympic games. The team is now being coached by the legendary "Coach K" (Duke's Mike Krzyewski). ESPN's "Inside the Lines" did a nice little report on this whole situation last week. The establishment is desperate to see American basketball back on top, like in the glory days of 1992 when a star-studded team laughed it's way to a gold medal
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wonder if they will go after ppl like kamli' date=' azhar, jadeja...it would be awesome to see them playing again[/quote'] Jadeja was on NDTV at 7.30 PM today and he said as long as Rayudus would be ignored for Yadavs, these guys will try to breakaway after being heart broken. So it was good that these players have an option now!
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Jadeja was on NDTV at 7.30 PM today and he said as long as Rayudus would be ignored for Yadavs' date=' these guys will try to breakaway after being heart broken. So it was good that these players have an option now![/quote'] SPOT ON.. it was crazy tht they selected tht stupid arjun yadav... its high time BCCI gets some egg on its face...
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This is a bit surprising.He was considered a good prospect.But then they have been offered 90 lakh rupees for 3 years as opposed to 7-8 thousand /month (i think ) given by BCCI. I think BCCI will have to stop sitting on the money and spend some serious money in the domestic scene.
No, they get more than that. I think in the Ranji season, they do get about close to 1 lakh per match played or atleast 50-60 k per Ranji match. If they play about 10 ranji matches a year they make decent money,
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