Its a bit naive to expect wholesale results in such a short space of time.
What about the fans of SL and WI? Arent they/us fans of cricket as well? Why deprive them of seeing their team rub shoulders with one of the best sides of the world?
Why have this silly qualifying tournament? Why deprive me of seeing another Irish victory over Pakistan?
Australia and England still schedule regular tours of the Caribbean and the WI still recieves a pop when visiting England and down under. If those two teams can entertain ‘poor teams’ (as you say) like WI then who the hell are India to shut them out? Anytime the Indians have played at the Queens Park Oval in Trinidad they are greeted with more supporters than the WI, why deprive them of that.
Please explain to me this ideal of segregation between the ‘poor teams’ and the top teams. Cuz as I see it world cricket in the end suffers the most.
I am not talking about any segregation.
As an Indian cricket fan, I don't find much joy playing teams that are floundering like WI or SL. You don't seem to understand that I've been talking about Indian cricket this whole conversation. I'm not thinking about those teams, my opinion is based upon the Indian cricket team and the fact that we've got so many tours that it's so damn tough to squeeze in a home series when India have played almost nonstop international cricket.
As the neutral fan you are, you might feel the need for teams like WI and SL consistently playing top teams. Fair point, I respect that. But in the context of the Indian team which I was talking about them, this is a bit of a waste having a full series with all the tours we are facing on the way and this could really be a short tour.
Coming onto your point with expecting results in a short amount of time, SL have been with for over 3-4 years now finding a proper team with so many players being used, how could this be? It really hasn't been a short time at all. If anything, it's been a long time finding a solid group of players while they've found one or two.
If there's a tour of SL or WI, I'll just need to wait through it and hope for the best.