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wasteyouryouth said:
ECB helping out the IPL and shafting the BCB. :lol

www.espncricinfo.com

England tour of Bangladesh postponed indefinitely

The teams were scheduled to play three ODIs and three T20Is in September-October
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These boards have no shame (BCCI, ECB, ACB). The limited over tours of Bangladesh should have never been cancelled. ECB just showed that they have ample players who can take part in the international series while having few players released for IPL.

I love IPL, but international cricket should never be sacrificed for it. I feel there is more to this. I feel BCCI might finally allow few smaller cricket names to participate in the 100 next year perhaps..?? Who knows!
 
WutUpMahGlipGlops said:
These boards have no shame (BCCI, ECB, ACB). The limited over tours of Bangladesh should have never been cancelled. ECB just showed that they have ample players who can take part in the international series while having few players released for IPL.

I love IPL, but international cricket should never be sacrificed for it. I feel there is more to this. I feel BCCI might finally allow few smaller cricket names to participate in the 100 next year perhaps..?? Who knows!
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Article was updated:

'While sources within English cricket have suggested the postponement was the decision of the BCB there has been no confirmation at this point. A statement is expected shortly, however, with the reason given likely to be complications around Covid protocols.'

The Pakistan tour could be interesting. Given that it was repayment for them coming over last summer.
 
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WutUpMahGlipGlops said:
These boards have no shame (BCCI, ECB, ACB). The limited over tours of Bangladesh should have never been cancelled. ECB just showed that they have ample players who can take part in the international series while having few players released for IPL.

I love IPL, but international cricket should never be sacrificed for it. I feel there is more to this. I feel BCCI might finally allow few smaller cricket names to participate in the 100 next year perhaps..?? Who knows!
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The rumor mills have been really strong in social media discussing this very thing, that BCCI is working with ECB to send some lesser known Indian players to The Hundred; possibly the players who are not on a specific annual pay grade with the BCCI, might be allowed to go.

I knew England will eventually come. When the WC moved to UAE and BCCI smartly got the second half of IPL scheduled right before the WC started, it was only a matter of time before other cricket boards found it a good opportunity to get their players acclimatized to the WC conditions by allowing them to play the IPL. And also on the Bangladesh tour, read that it has been postponed and will be played next year.
 
Would put money on this being down to the ECB wanting to keep the BCCI happy so they allow Indian players into future years of The Hundred. Pretty ironic given how the ECB treated the IPL in its early years
 
England have nothing much to gain by playing Bangladesh. True, BD are a strong nation in the shorter formats, but to play a full series vs Ban / get players to acclimatize in UAE- the choice is a no-brainer.

WutUpMahGlipGlops said:
These boards have no shame (BCCI, ECB, ACB). The limited over tours of Bangladesh should have never been cancelled
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Not defending the boards here, but COVID protocols and the the pressures of a bio-bubble might have had a role to play here.
 
It always seems like all the IPL scouts follow only the games that India play lol. Looks like the key to playing the IPL is having one good series against India to get noticed. I'd said before that it was surprising Hasaranga wasn't picked before in the auction given he performed very well prior to that auction this year, could've been a real steal at his base price. But still, good replacements for RCB, Chameera is SL's best fast bowling prospect and Hasaranga + Chahal would be a deadly duo. Tim David is an underrated finisher with the bat as well, really wished SRH got ahold of him to replace one of our infinite number of top order batsmen. Would be surprised if RCB don't take the trophy this year with this team.
 
A week ago, the tender for addition of new cities was announced. It seems they have trimmed the list down to 6 cities and have put up a base price of INR 2000 crore.

  • Ahmedabad
  • Dharmasala
  • Lucknow
  • Ranchi
  • Cuttack
  • Guwahati
On what basis have these 6 cities being shortlisted? Some articles quote sources saying that the league was imbalanced and hence the East, North balancing act. Which corporate conglomerate, in their right mind would invest INR 2000 crore (base price) for these cities(bar Ahmedabad)? I think the move is heavily political and perhaps aimed at the fact that only one city can be brought in.

Per the original document, it seems the other cities in the fray were:
  • Pune
  • Nagpur
  • Rajkot
  • Kochi
  • Vizag
All these cities are way more popular and advanced as compared to the above list of 6 tier-4 cities. Really not able to understand the BCCI's logic here.
 
icyman said:
A week ago, the tender for addition of new cities was announced. It seems they have trimmed the list down to 6 cities and have put up a base price of INR 2000 crore.

  • Ahmedabad
  • Dharmasala
  • Lucknow
  • Ranchi
  • Cuttack
  • Guwahati
On what basis have these 6 cities being shortlisted? Some articles quote sources saying that the league was imbalanced and hence the East, North balancing act. Which corporate conglomerate, in their right mind would invest INR 2000 crore (base price) for these cities(bar Ahmedabad)? I think the move is heavily political and perhaps aimed at the fact that only one city can be brought in.

Per the original document, it seems the other cities in the fray were:
  • Pune
  • Nagpur
  • Rajkot
  • Kochi
  • Vizag
All these cities are way more popular and advanced as compared to the above list of 6 tier-4 cities. Really not able to understand the BCCI's logic here.
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From where did you get all this info?
 
icyman said:
A week ago, the tender for addition of new cities was announced. It seems they have trimmed the list down to 6 cities and have put up a base price of INR 2000 crore.

  • Ahmedabad
  • Dharmasala
  • Lucknow
  • Ranchi
  • Cuttack
  • Guwahati
On what basis have these 6 cities being shortlisted? Some articles quote sources saying that the league was imbalanced and hence the East, North balancing act. Which corporate conglomerate, in their right mind would invest INR 2000 crore (base price) for these cities(bar Ahmedabad)? I think the move is heavily political and perhaps aimed at the fact that only one city can be brought in.

Per the original document, it seems the other cities in the fray were:
  • Pune
  • Nagpur
  • Rajkot
  • Kochi
  • Vizag
All these cities are way more popular and advanced as compared to the above list of 6 tier-4 cities. Really not able to understand the BCCI's logic here.
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Ahmedabad and Ranchi
 
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