The shot that made India cricket kings

[superstar]

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It electrified and unified India like no other sporting event before or since and bred the culture that led to the Indian Premier League, where a fringe international could earn a million dollars for a few weeks’ work. The staging of the World Cup was wrested from England’s control. Only in spirit would Lord’s remain “the home of cricket†as India became the richest and most powerful cricketing nation on earth.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India had so little expected to be at Lord’s for the final that they were late in applying for passes and did not receive their full allocation. The BCCI president, N K P Salve, was so angered by the snub that he ended the convention whereby the World Cup was always staged in England. A huge sponsorship deal with the insurance company Reliance ensured the 1987 final was staged at Eden Gardens, Calcutta. Only once has it come back to England and in 1999 the hosts were eliminated in the group stages before the official World Cup song had been released. By then the BCCI had successfully campaigned for England and Australia to lose their veto on decisions taken by the world governing body, the ICC, whose headquarters moved from Lord’s to Dubai.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/the-shot-that-made-india-cricket-kings-8669329.html If ICC is fair I think world cup should be rotated in other countries 3 times and then return to England.

[Crookbond]

IF I'm not wrong, a certain Dalmiya also played part there.

[superstar]

IF I'm not wrong' date=' a certain Dalmiya also played part there.[/quote'] Dalmiya came to prominence after that when he broke the veto. Salve was the guy who brought world cup to India

[carnish]

So we had these guys before Sreeni too ... :hmmmm2: