Keeping in mind the majority opinions expressed in this discussion forum,I have a few workable suggestions :
1)Its an undisputed fact that Cricket is the No-1 sport in India. (In fact occupies all positions between No-1& No-10!). But for a country of 1.2 billions, its rediculous that only 11 people represent at any point in time. Therefore, in order to correct the situation, henceforth India will play a min of 22 players in any match.(double the present capacity!If the Indian Govt can multiply the no of IIT's & IIM's, why no Cricket too?!). 1.a)There will a caste/religion based quota system as well with this increased no of players, in addition to the existing Region/State quota. Thish will appeace majority population vying for the cricket pie and may win elections too! 2)Increase the no of formats being played from the 3 currently (test match,One dayer and 20-20) to minimun 10. There will be 10-10, 5-5, 1-1 matches, gully cricket and a mix of cricket/football/hockey etc in a single game. (This should ensure all other sports occupying positions after No-10 get a representation)Much like decathelon! World championship matches will be played for every format of the game every year (Like in tennis, where we have Grand slam matches every year) 3)India being a "developing nation", while playing against "developed nations" like the Aussies,England etc will get a 'discount' of 30% (i.e if aussies score 100, we will win if we score 71!) I have many more suggestions..
RE:I have a few suggestions..anybody??.
by sri sri on Sep 26, 2007 05:11 PM Permalink
In continuation of my above post, let me add a few more IMPORTANT suggestions as well, taking into account the female population of this country,lest I get branded a MCP :
4)Since Men's cricket steels all the lime light, adulations and rewards and no one cares about the women's cricket, one more format of "mixed cricket" will be introduced (a'la mized doubles in Tennis). Out of the 11 players on field any time,6 will be women!(see, I have given higher reservation for women) There will be appropraite dress codes for these players so as to attract maximum eye-balls to the game!
5)In order to reward all these players sufficiently after every victory (which is so rare that its rewards galore now!), there will be an Income Tax (cricket) surcharge of 2% for all citizens. (The players will ofcourse be exempted from all taxes) 6) To bring in participation from the corporate sector into this game, there will be Tax sops given for corporates starting a board of there own like ICL (There can be RCL -Reliance Cricket League,TCT - Tata Cricket Team etc). India will play multiple teams in tournaments India-A,B,C.. upto Z. 7)MOTHER OF ALL SUGGESTIONS : There will be a world cricket championship meet comprising of ONLY these 26 Indian teams. That way,whichever team wins the tourney, we all Indians can CELEBRATE!
I welcome further ideas/suggestions from the rediff members! The best idea will be rewarded Rs.1 Crore by BCCI and equal recognition from the Govt.of India as well.
