BCCI making their own cricketing calendar
January 16, 2006I pondered about how much the BCCI can restrict. Now they are going to have their own broadcast with commentators handpicked. Also, they are making their own calendars - scrapping their own Champions Trophy after the next edition and playing Australia more often reports Rahul Bhatia.
The member countries ARE the ICC. If a majority number of member countries get a lot of financial reward playing tours with India more often, they are unlikely to object to it as in the case of Australia here.
Another aspect, even if the ICC shows some balls and bans countries x,y,z for a period - it wouldnt matter as the countries would go onto play their cricket any way.
The unofficial RSA-India test after the Mike Denness issue showed it can easily be done.
Increased demand for the sport in India has lead to power in terms of money generation capabilities in India. This shouldn’t be the reason for a hackneyed calendar without any structure though thats exactly what is happening.
