StriKe Posted December 17, 2015 Posted December 17, 2015 The Indian cricket board's (BCCI) decision to award almost half of the T20 WC matches next year to only two venues -Dharamshala and Nagpur -has raised eyebrows. These two venues -which will together host 17 out of 35 games in the tournament -belong to state associations from where the board secretary and president belong.Nagpur, the home association of BCCI president Shashank Manohar, is set to host nine games while Dharamshala -home to board secretary Anurag Thakur-run Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association -will stage eight.Five other venues will host the other half of the tournament.Chandigarh, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Delhi -all traditional Test venues -will host a total of 18 matches, including the final at Kolkata's Eden Gardens.There are 20 international cricket stadiums in the country , of which 15 are certified Test venues now. However, the BCCI decided to shortlist and finalize only these seven venues to host the T20 WC matches, to be held from March 9 to April 3. The biggest surprise is that the marquee game of the tournament -India versus Pakistan -has been awarded to Dharamshala, which has a capacity of only 23,000. Some other venues across India which were ignored boasts capacities ranging from 30,000 to 55,000."It is not even in rotation that Dharamshala has been awarded the game," a senior board functionary said, adding: "If you had a choice between 23,000 people watching India play Pakistan and 40,000 or 50,000 people watching, which option would you choose?" Clearly, outside of Maharashtra, where Pakistan are not welcome to play, there are several venues that could have been considered for this big-ticket game.G Gangaraju, the BCCI vice-president from South Zone and also the chairman of the board's tour programme and fixtures committee, was not forthcoming on the reasons behind allotting 17 matches to Nagpur and Dharamshala and shortlisting only five other venues. "I'll have to look into it and get back to you. I'm in Parliament right now," Gangaraju said.Only a month ago, BCCI had added six new venues to its list of certified Test centres. Of those six, only Dharamshala has been awarded eight T20 WC games while the remaining five -Pune, Rajkot, Indore, Ranchi and Visakhapatnam -have been ignored altogether.Some other traditional centres like Chennai -the power centre of the previous regime in the BCCI -have also been snubbed. Chennai will host only four women's T20 WC games instead of the expected big-draw men's matches.Officials from the grounds and pitches committee were also contacted to ascertain if there were particular reasons why so many possible venues were ignored. "Not that I know of," a senior committee member said. Two state association presidents also pleaded ignorance on why their venues, recently upgraded to Test centres, were not considered.The International Cricket Council (ICC) will pay the BCCI Rs 55.2 cr to host the entire men's T20 WC, which works out to Rs 1.6 cr per match for 35 matches. It is understood that the BCCI will pay the hosting association the gate money for each game, which sources say is between to Rs 2-3 cr per match depending on capacity and ticket sales. Even for a venue with minimum seating capacity, hosting eight matches would mean earning a little more than Rs 8 cr from the board.Surprisingly , there is nobody in the BCCI who is willing to explain the reasons behind the venue allotments. http://m.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/76586/venue-allotments-for-world-t20-raises-eyebrows
bulbul Posted December 17, 2015 Posted December 17, 2015 13 out of 17 matches are Minnows/Qualification...i doubt grounds will be even half occupied....
vijay50 Posted December 17, 2015 Posted December 17, 2015 Shashank Manohar and transparency.. Laughable. 17 matches to Nagpur and Dharamshala, his home state. Ignored major centres like chennai. This crook Manohar is same old shiiit in new bottle.
fineleg Posted December 17, 2015 Posted December 17, 2015 Is any of this bias and corruption in India surprising? Recycled same news, different persona. vijay50 1
bulbul Posted December 17, 2015 Posted December 17, 2015 Shashank Manohar and transparency.. Laughable. 17 matches to Nagpur and Dharamshala, his home state. Ignored major centres like chennai. This crook Manohar is same old shiiit in new bottle.Is it too difficult to search Google? Chennai is not there because of legal issues.
maniac Posted December 17, 2015 Posted December 17, 2015 Is it too difficult to search Google? Chennai is not there because of legal issues.But still you can't claim this guy is some saint lol...it's pretty obvious what's going on. vijay50 1
beautifulgame Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 Why are people so surprised by this ?Mohali has hosted more knock out matches in last 10 years than entire South has in its history .The last time South India hosted a big game was the India Pakistan QF in 96.Since then Mohali has hosted the Semi finals in 2006 CT 2011 WC and again now .Nearly 30 matches to Nagpur and Dharmashala in this world cup alone yet Hyderabad and Kochi have never hosted a single ICC match in their history .Pawar and his gang hosted all the 2006 CT matches in their home (Mumbai Mohali and Ahmedabad) and did the same in 2011 WC as well.Some are suddenly waking up as if this is the first this is happening .This shite of nepotism ignoring Southern (and Eastern) India by BCCI has been happening for a long time .Ever since Pawar and his people(Manohar Bindra) became influence in BCCIAtleast its amusing to see them lecture as about Nepotism transparency and corruption lol sscomp32 and vijay50 2
sensible-indian Posted December 19, 2015 Posted December 19, 2015 (edited) ^Velu is that you? Edited December 19, 2015 by sensible-indian
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