Monopoly of BCCI- Save Indian Cricket

Now BCCI is worried about Essel Group-promoted Indian Cricket League (ICL). BCCI has termed ICL as an establishment-threatening, parallel tournament designed on the lines of Australian media mogul Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket (WSC) of the late 1970s that shook the cricket world, especially the Australian cricket board. They are worrying that ICL wants to run a parallel body.

As of now, ICL has signed former India captain Kapil Dev, Kiran More, Sandeep Patil, former England skipper Tony Greig and ex-Australia batsman Dean Jones to either conduct the tournament or coach some of the six teams that are to play 20 overs per side matches, probably in October-November. The winner in the first tournament will receive $1 million. The matches will be telecast on Zee's in-house Zee Sports channel. Each team will have two players from the Indian team and four foreign players, to add to the glamour.

But BCCI is unhappy about Kapil dev joining ICL as he is also serving as the chairman of the National Cricket Academy (NCA). But Kapil dev as always known for his fighting attitude has written back to BCCI, asking the reasons for its displeasure on his decision. "I thought the ICL would be of assistance. I would be most grateful if you could elaborate on the reasons of the board's displeasure on this, to help me understand the situation more clearly," Kapil writes in his letter to the BCCI.

"Our only intention is to promote and improve our resources of players, for the betterment of the Indian Team. We did not realise at all that we would only have to go one way: that of the BCCI. It is our moral duty to assist people who have the best interests of the game at heart, whether it is in India or abroad. " as stated in Kapil dev's letter to BCCI.

Zee television boss Subhash Chandra had told Sharad Pawar 17 days before announcing the tournament of "inevitable necessity". Chandra, in fact, told Pawar that BCCI would gain from ICL. "An initiative of this nature will, in my view, greatly assist the cricketing establishment here and the world over. This will undoubtedly make the task of BCCI in promoting and managing the game of cricket more comfortable and efficient." Chandra said he would have launched the ICL a bit later, but the World Cup result forced his hands.

Why BCCI has objection on anything which is for betterment of cricket and who knows that some good players might emerge from ICL.

I think after shameful defeat of India in world cup, BCCI should leave its monopoly on Cricket in India and let good talent come out by anyway from anywhere .

God ! Save Indian cricket from BCCI !!!