Kent not welcome in Champions League - Modi

[Highlander999]

You are claiming as if BCCI have devised something totally new where all they are doing is having a normal T20 competition with teams from different countries. Hardly original.

If England are not allowed to participate in it, they might as well go ahead and launch something of their own. The chances are the latter will have players playing more for the cricket than the money.

And I am not saying Ed Joyce is playing without salary, but that since he is a Middlesex player the entire season in a lot of competitions, it is something that is very close to him. Where as the IPL teams are basically franchisees who have bought most of their stars. Shane Warne can never show the same sort of passion for Rajasthan as Joyce can for Middlesex. Its common sense.

The BCCI is crap. Period.

Can't argue with that.

I'm surprised to see you defending them with such passion sohum. The majority of the Indian members here admit the BCCI are a bunch of (insert swear word here)

 

[nikhil_99]

ICC-BCCI on the war path

NEW DELHI: Even as the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) gets into fast track mode with its plans of hosting the Champions League, the world governing body - ICC has advised members against participating in the cash-rich Indian league.

The sport's governing body has created fresh roadblocks for the Indian board and will surely come as a major blow to the BCCI. The International Cricket Council confirmed to Times Now that they have sent a communique to all its member boards objecting to the inter-club tournament's proximity to the ICC Champions Trophy.

http://cricket.timesofindia.indiati...r_BCCIs_Champs_League/articleshow/3304671.cms

 

[Themer]

Finally it would seem that the ICC is taking steps to stand up to the BCCI behaviour.
Well Done ICC

 

[m_vaughan]

The ICC cant do anything though. I am seriously dreading the day Powar (Current BCCI head) becomes ICC president.

 

[sohum]

If England are not allowed to participate in it, they might as well go ahead and launch something of their own. The chances are the latter will have players playing more for the cricket than the money.

Why's that? If you're already complaining about the proliferation of Twenty20, why support yet another tournament?

And I am not saying Ed Joyce is playing without salary, but that since he is a Middlesex player the entire season in a lot of competitions, it is something that is very close to him. Where as the IPL teams are basically franchisees who have bought most of their stars. Shane Warne can never show the same sort of passion for Rajasthan as Joyce can for Middlesex. Its common sense.

Why compare a player who has a chance to qualify for the national team holding the competition to a retired overseas player? A more valid comparison would be Ed Joyce playing for Middlesex versus Sachin Tendulkar playing for Mumbai.

What do you have to say to my argument earlier that most of the players are playing for a team in their region, if not in their city?

Mumbai, Hyderabad and Delhi have Ranji teams.
Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Jaipur and Mohali are all the main cities for their state teams (Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Punjab). In fact, all these teams play most, if not all, of their home games at the associated cities.

Furthermore, each team has "catchment" players that are junior/upcoming cricketers from the same region. Apart from a few Indians here and there (such as Rohit Sharma), most of the players play in a city they would feel a passion for.

sohummisra added 1 Minutes and 24 Seconds later...

Can't argue with that.

I'm surprised to see you defending them with such passion sohum. The majority of the Indian members here admit the BCCI are a bunch of (insert swear word here)

I'm not defending the BCCI, if you cared to read my posts. I completely disagree with their policy against the ICL.

The only reason I am arguing in this thread is because people are making incorrect and inaccurate statements.

sohummisra added 1 Minutes and 3 Seconds later...

ICC-BCCI on the war path

NEW DELHI: Even as the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) gets into fast track mode with its plans of hosting the Champions League, the world governing body - ICC has advised members against participating in the cash-rich Indian league.

The sport's governing body has created fresh roadblocks for the Indian board and will surely come as a major blow to the BCCI. The International Cricket Council confirmed to Times Now that they have sent a communique to all its member boards objecting to the inter-club tournament's proximity to the ICC Champions Trophy.

http://cricket.timesofindia.indiati...r_BCCIs_Champs_League/articleshow/3304671.cms

Well I hope the other boards stand up. The BCCI don't seem to give a crap about the Indian players who would just be returning from the Champions Trophy.

 

[nikhil_99]

BCCI defies ICC, Champions League stays

MUMBAI: The Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) formally announced that the Champions Twenty20 League will be held in India in September-October but were still undecided on the fourth participating country in the event.

IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi, Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland, Cricket South Africa CEO Gerald Majola, IPL CEO Sunder Raman and ICC's principal advisor I S Bindra held parleys to decide on the event.


http://cricket.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3307146.cms

 

[nightprowler10]

Are we looking at a world wide split in cricket? Thoughts?

 

[nikhil_99]

Champions Twenty20 League formally launched

The BCCI-backed Champions Twenty20 League has been formally launched with a commitment from the men in charge that it would give priority to the ICC's Future Tours Programme. The launch, which followed a meeting among top officials of the BCCI, Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa in Mumbai, confirmed most details previously announced but left the tournament's venue yet to be confirmed.

In a curious twist, there was also a feeler sent out to England, which in recent days appeared to have fallen out with this version of the Champions League in pursuit of its own. The doors are still open for England to join, IPL commissioner Lalit Modi said, and he remained "positive" with regard to their participation in the US $6 million event.

http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/india/content/current/story/363006.html

nikhil_99 added 3 Minutes and 4 Seconds later...

League not in violation of ICC playing agreement - BCCI

The BCCI, which is hosting a Twenty20 Champions League for domestic teams from at least four countries immediately after the Champions Trophy in September, will inform the ICC that the proposed tournament does not violate any previous agreement signed by the governing body's members, Cricinfo has learnt.

The ICC had on Tuesday reminded its member countries through an email that holding a tournament within seven days of an ICC event violated a playing agreement signed by its members. Officials from BCCI, Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa are meeting in Mumbai on Wednesday to finalise the Champions League to be held in three Indian venues from September 29, one day after the Champions Trophy ends in Pakistan.


http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/india/content/current/story/362948.html

 

[pal]

I don't think so. Most of the boards outside of the 'Asian bloc' seem quite interested in participating in the league, particularly New Zealand. Cricinfo has an article concerning the matter. New Zealand is keen to improve its domestic cricket and it looks at the Champions League as a stepping stone to that goal. (http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/current/story/362950.html)

England opposes it, but they don't have an iota of credibility in this matter, not when they seem intent on copying the BCCI's every move. The BCCI set up the IPL. The ECB responded with a secret meeting between the MCC's chief executive and the chairmen of a few county boards to set up its own imitation. The BCCI set up the Champions League and now the ECB wants to set up its imitation of that tournament.

 

[nikhil_99]

New Zealand excited by Champions League possibility

The participation of Central Districts, New Zealand's domestic Twenty20 champions, in the inaugural Champions League in India between September 29 and October 8 will, if it comes through, be a big boost to the domestic game in the country, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has said. The BCCI, the tournament hosts, confirmed that teams from Sri Lanka and West Indies will compete with Central Districts for one slot in the league, with England's participation highly unlikely.

http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/current/story/362950.html

 

[lightbulb]

What is up with the BCCI? They're trying to take control of everything. Just because a team has an ICL player which means they can't play in this CL is tripe. The only sane and fair thing to do is to prevent that player from playing in the CL. The ICL was set up to oppose the IPL, what's wrong with that? The two took place at two completely different times-The IPL wouldn't be any different whether the ICL had taken place or not. What is wrong with the BCCI. The Board for the Control of Cricket in India is what they're called. The truth is, they need to control themselves.

 

[sohum]

Your posting is confusing and at times inaccurate.

What is up with the BCCI? They're trying to take control of everything. Just because a team has an ICL player which means they can't play in this CL is tripe. The only sane and fair thing to do is to prevent that player from playing in the CL.

That would be pushing the issue under the cover. All the other boards shouldn't have melted away when the ICL issue was going on. Instead, all the other teams (even the ECB--they were only forced to change their mind based on their trade laws) agreed and enforced ICL-player-banning. And secondly, it leaves a bad taste in your mouth, but surely the board organizing this high-stakes event has the right to choose who they want to invite? It's not like this is the World Cup or something.

The ICL was set up to oppose the IPL, what's wrong with that? The two took place at two completely different times-The IPL wouldn't be any different whether the ICL had taken place or not.

The ICL was actually formed before the IPL. One can even argue that the IPL was a reaction to the ICL and that the IPL looked at all the mistakes in the ICL and made sure they didn't happen with the IPL.

 

[Will_NA]

England opposes it, but they don't have an iota of credibility in this matter, not when they seem intent on copying the BCCI's every move. The BCCI set up the IPL. The ECB responded with a secret meeting between the MCC's chief executive and the chairmen of a few county boards to set up its own imitation. The BCCI set up the Champions League and now the ECB wants to set up its imitation of that tournament.

The ECB are trying to the most they can out of a format they created. The IPL is an imitation of Twenty/20 itself and I believe this is a way of countering the growing threat of the IPL and the BCCI's power. Why not start a tournament of your own after seeing the success of the IPL.

The ECB's real concern is the autocratic nature of the BCCI's command of the IPL and therefore World 20/20. The BCCI's demand's are unreasonable and the ECB will hopefully be more democratic with their model.

 

[nikhil_99]

Cricket Australia backs Champions League in India

MELBOURNE: Cricket Australia has supported the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) move to host the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League in the last week September and the first week of October.

Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland on Wednesday night met with officials from the boards of India and South Africa in Mumbai, where it was agreed that the Champions League Twenty20 competition would take place on the subcontinent from September 29 to October 8.


http://cricket.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3310375.cms

 

[shan111]

Good to see that the aussies are supporting the event. Hopefully it should be another exciting T20 series like the IPL was. Only if the English were allowed to take part... I think they can only if they drop the ICL players.