Again, FC is the form that can create any sort of good players. So far ICL has none of them going, and it's highly doubtful they'll ever stage FC type competitions as there won't be audience watching. And after all it's a bloody business, and no businessman wants a product which he cannot sell.
I agree, I doubted whether the FC competition would ever come to life too. But you never know. They had announced in the first season that they would have liked to have done one, and maybe if it were adopted as a part of the Indian Domestic Structure, it might have.
Sounds like a promo from the ICL honchos. There is nothing in the paragraph that BCCI is not doing in their competitions, particularly the IPL.
Sounds like a Promo, but it's all true. And the BCCI has done nothing of the sort, apart from the IPL. Indian Domestic cricket is as dull as it gets. Empty crowds, substandard quality of cricket (In these sense that the pitches are flat and there are very few exciting matches), and a structure which rewards safety rather than winning.
But the BCCI have, in the last few years, tried to make it possible to earn a living off Domestic cricket. Coincidentally, this has happened alongside the formation of the ICL...
And rejections from the domestic competitions occured because they didn't have the thing in them to fight and make it to the top. Hence they are literally a bunch of mediocre players in their late twenties, thirties, in other words, has beens. I don't see how that improves domestic cricket.
The younger players were those who didn't make the cut. The older ones were very often the mainstays of their team. Infact, some sides lost their backbone to the ICL. There was a team -Hyderabad I think- who lost 7 of their first XI to the ICL. The main players who you could call mediocre were the young ones, and then again, they are young and needed match experience. There never was a lack of talent. I could name a few players if you wish.
Thank you, but we have the IPL. And BCCI never asked for help from Zee.
After the ICL was formed. Before it was formed, the ICL aimed to become a part of the structure.
Wow, you indeed sound like Subhash Chandra. Where is the proof that IPL was "stolen" from ICL? In fact talks of such an International T20 league was there since India won the WC in 07.
But that is all they were. Talks. Ideas. They were not acted upon. But Zee did act on it, and it was a huge success. Surprise surprise, next season was the IPL, and ICL was banned. Now you could call the IPL a co-incidence and say that the ICL was banned cause it was never approved, but we both know that is very naive. The ICL is a business, and so is the BCCI, rather unfortunately. They may have thought about it, but it was not until the ICL actually did it and proved it could be successful did they act on it. The IPL idea may not have been stolen, but I believe it is fair to say it wouldn't be around at the moment if the ICL hadn't gone and shown the BCCI it could work.
True to all those points, but domestic cricket too can boast of such facilities nowadays, as India has never experienced a bigger bench strength than now, ever. And it is a myth that ICL players could've added to India's national cricket, as these primarily consisted of discards and has beens and could not hope for an Indian berth again.
Again, I could give you a few names. Realistically, yes, many of them would not have played for India, but a few of the younger talents could compete for a spot, and they would definitely boost the quality of domestic cricket. The 'has-beens' were still fixtures in their domestic sides, and the young ones have shown that, with the right guidance, they could be as good as any other player in India's domestic circuit right now.
