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what serves indian cricektters better icl or IPl
by samir govind pai on Nov 17, 2007 01:24 PM

I guess it is very important for all associated with Indian cricket most importantly the fans to understand that the IPl and ICl are positioned completely differently . The ipl is a money spinner which talks about Russell Crowe , reliance and Vijay Malaya buying teams , they talk of signing the McGrath%u2019s , the warnes and high profile cricketers at the international level , but what about the domestic players . It is only the ICL which talks about domestic players they talk about signing a rakesh patel , dinesh mongia and ambati raydu and do not leverage on international stars . It is now your take as fans to decide which league would benefit Indian cricket . secondly it is not about money or expertise , but a blanket ban on players playing in the ICL against playing international cricket which gives the IPl an upper hand only as far as star power is concerned, that too based on monopolistic business practices, it is almost like saying that in the 1980%u2019s the fiat and ambassadors were the best cars on Indian roads . What good would it do Indian cricket if sachin plays against a McGrath or munaf Patel bowls to Jacque kallis, that is not exposure for these already tested cricketers. the Indian game will get strong and prosper only if a young hopeful like Rayadu or a out of turn cricketer with Indian selectors like dinesh mongia gets to face a bret lee , Mitchell Johnson or a rakesh Patel gets to bowl to Ricky ponting or Gilchrest . The case rests with all you fans to support t

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