Indians ban 30 English players following Test defeat

[1983-2011]

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has reacted angrily to the country’s 2-1 loss in the recent Test series against England by banning a group of county cricketers from practising in India.

Around thirty players from Yorkshire, Durham, Kent, Hampshire, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire and Nottinghamshire were due to fly to India in the coming weeks to further their cricketing educations by practising on the spinning pitches of India on trips organised by Sachin Bajaj, founder of the Global Cricket School. But the BCCI has instructed all ground authorities in Pune, where the GCS is based, that no foreign players must use their facilities without official permission. And in this case that permission has not been granted. The BCCI is thought to be particularly annoyed that Joe Root, who made such a stunning Test debut in the final Test in Nagpur, had already had such vast experience of Indian conditions before that debut. This is an extension of a row that arose before Christmas when the BCCI considered the England Performance ProgrammeÃÔ tour, running alongside the Test tour, as unsanctioned. Steven Finn played for the EPP against the DY Patil Academy XI in Mumbai in late November, bowling 23 overs to prove his fitness for the third Test in Calcutta. That prompted the BCCI to send a letter of complaint to the England and Wales Cricket Board as it understood that Test squad members would not participate in such matches. The ECB apologised but also pointed out that the match was not even 11-a-side and so was not an official match. Root also played in that match and made 166. The EPP played another three-day match against the same opponents in early December, and then played three matches against the Netherlands in Pune- two 50-over encounters and one Twenty20 game ahead of the two T20I matches between England and India just before Christmas. By employing so many foreigners in its Indian Premier League, whose sixth auction was held yesterday in Chennai, India has been helping its international opponents for many years. By contrast it bans its centrally contracted players from appearing in English county cricket. So it may be that some compromise agreement can be reached between the two national boards so that reciprocal visits can be arranged. The GCS has been running for seven years, with Bajaj having organised trips with a friend for four years before that, with Andrew Strauss as one of the first players to benefit. The county players, with the exception of those from Durham, will now go to Sri Lanka instead. At the IPL auction EnglandÃÔ Matt Prior and Ravi Bopara went unsold, but, ahead of this summerÃÔ Ashes, Michael Clarke and Phil Hughes, went to Pune Warriors and Mumbai Indians for $400,000 and $100,000 respectively. Mumbai also paid an astonishing $1m for Glenn Maxwell, the Australian all-rounder.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/news/9845947/Indians-ban-30-English-players-following-Test-defeat.html

[1983-2011]

how true is this report are they just chatting bull

[Precambrian]

"The BCCI is thought to be particularly annoyed that Joe Root...." I stopped there.

[maverick451]

Lol Pathetic I can believe its true after what happened on the tour, instructing teams to not play any spinners in practice games and then doing everything they can to stop sky doing their broadcast.

[vandokkum]

Pathetic if true

[BD-UK]

What cry babies if true, surely BCCI can't stoop this low......who am I kidding its BCCI!

[Pakistan]

:hysterical: Pretty petty.

[kubrickian]

Rubbish article. Is this the kind of crap that gets passed on as news in Britain ? No wonder Shastri and Gavaskar got so angry when India toured there. They write loads of BS like this in their newspapers.

[Pagalpanti]

A bitter article, this clearly gives it away. At the IPL auction EnglandÃÔ Matt Prior and Ravi Bopara went unsold, but, ahead of this summerÃÔ Ashes, Michael Clarke and Phil Hughes, went to Pune Warriors and Mumbai Indians for $400,000 and $100,000 respectively. Mumbai also paid an astonishing $1m for Glenn Maxwell, the Australian all-rounder.

[Sooda]

Hm. I dont think its petty, if it is true. Its definitely true that foreign cricketers get such good experience of Indian conditions, makes it easy for them to tour here. Havign said that I guess it is the BCCIs fault that they dont send our players on similar tour programs

[ganeshran]

This issue has been brewing for a long time and the article just ties it to the England series loss to sensationalize. I remember a similar article around last year. The IPL comparison makes no sense. Is the author implying that Matt prior and Bopara went unsold because BCCI was miffed at the series defeat. Ridiculous. :facepalm: English players have never been hot property at the IPL. Coming back to the news item, if the ground is being run by a BCCI affiliated cricket authority, their permission should be mandatory for making use of the facilities. However if it is a private stadium, then BCCI has no right to dictate who should/should not play on it. I don't see what the big deal is with allowing foreigners to get used to the conditions better anyways. BCCI should do the same and send our youngsters abroad so they adapt to the conditions better.

[Raghav_12]

Is this the level of journalism in UK? Until I saw the URL referring to telegraph, I thought it is some article from fakenews.com kinda source. Pathetic piece.

[saneindian]

Wonder why the joker who wrote this didn't talk of how ECB had asked Monty Panesar not to practice with Sachin before the England tests in 2011? Another thing that this joker needs to be reminded is that a few English players were based in India for a few weeks before the Pak series last year, this after the 4-0 defeat on England tour. This look to be a fallout of soured relations between the two boards due to ECB's stand at recent ICC meeting. Also, would the ECB allow a group of 30 Indian FC cricketers, without its permissions, to train at a ECB affiliated practice facility and play 'unofficial' matches? Forget that, the English govt will not even grant a visa (or work permit) for such a trip.

[Number]

Typical UK daily. Crap is an understatement for what they write.

[Needforspeed]

Reads more like Faking news than Breaking News. Anyway Indian cricket grounds are not tourist destinations.

[G_B_]

I know the guy. Rahul Bajaj. the bcci have been pissed with him a lot in recent times for having unsanctioned tours of foreign teams. the message is clear to Rahul Bajaj. Stop having tours and facilities without the permission of the BCCI central committee. England as well seem to be extending themselves quite a bit. They tried this stunt at the DY patil sports acadmy in navi mumbai as well tried have have unsanctioned tour matches. Had unsanctioned practice. Its just the typical british media. Cant handle the fact that the bcci is calling the shots. They have consistently bad mouthed the bcci and the ipl. The bcci and indianc cricket should just ignore them and get on with things.

[Sidhoni]

Is this the level of journalism in UK? Until I saw the URL referring to telegraph' date=' [b']I thought it is some article from fakenews.com kinda source. Pathetic piece.

Same here.

[Tendulkar_Bhai]

GOOD! Why should we provide free training, facilities and resources to rivals, would Barcelona allow Rooney to train with them to improve his ball skills for example?! And banning Monty bowling to Sachin (like he needs practice against a 3rd rate stock off spinner to improve his game LMAO) shows Eng wouldnt do the same

[Marut]

This issue has been brewing for a long time and the article just ties it to the England series loss to sensationalize. I remember a similar article around last year. The IPL comparison makes no sense. Is the author implying that Matt prior and Bopara went unsold because BCCI was miffed at the series defeat. Ridiculous. :facepalm: English players have never been hot property at the IPL. Coming back to the news item, if the ground is being run by a BCCI affiliated cricket authority, their permission should be mandatory for making use of the facilities. However if it is a private stadium, then BCCI has no right to dictate who should/should not play on it. I don't see what the big deal is with allowing foreigners to get used to the conditions better anyways. BCCI should do the same and send our youngsters abroad so they adapt to the conditions better.

Indians can no longer play county due to clash with IPL. This is going to hurt India in a big way in future.

[jairamesh]

30 players is quite an influx, well done for ECB on their preparations. BCCI should reciprocate and send a 100 players to England. I am sure England cricket clubs can accommodate.