Indian Domestic Cricket

It's mind boggling the kind of pull Virat has over the fans. The biggest testament to this (apart from the full house in the stadium) is the fact that cricinfo was providing commentary for the Delhi match whereas it was only updates for the other matches which included other big stars from the Indian National team.
 
Why mind boggling ? It's normal . It should be that way only . THE VIRAT KOHLI
 
How does the BCCI allocate the semi-finals? Over the years, given the lack of domestic viewership, one could argue that teams can no longer boast of home advantage. Nevertheless, I am keen on understanding the science behind this. As we have 2 semi finals going on concurrently-

Kerala v Gujarat at Ahmedabad
Mumbai v Vidarbha at Nagpur

I do believe this has got to do with the results here- Kerala scraped through by virtue of the 1 run lead they acquired during the QF in Pune*. Inn the Mum v Vid- assuming it is on the basis of the margin of victory?

Now, if we focus on the Quarter-Finals:

J&K vs Kerala- Pune
Vidharba v Tamil Nadu -Nagpur
Mumbai v Haryana- Calcutta
Saurashtra v Gujarat - Rajkot

If we go by the order in which the teams finished the group stages, J&K, Vidarba, Haryana and Saurashtra should have hosted the games. Now with J&K, I assume the lack of a valid ground could have been the reason0 but this game could have been held somewhere in the Northern part of the country. The Mumbai v Haryana game too, should have been held in and about Delhi/ the Northern States.

Not too sure what the rational is here.

On the same lines, anyone knows what happens to the final in the current scenario?
 
The Ranji win formula also seems pretty meaningless. A mere first innings lead shouldn't be considered as a win. High time, they changed and embraced modernity here.
 

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