India's Tests against South Africa cancelled (apparently by CSA)

[aditya123]

We must let the BCCI know that there are people who have been watching cricket way before the T20 generation, and there are still a substantial number of such people who still exist. By cancelling test matches and cramming in more and more of these meaningless half-tours, they are only antagonizing the loyal cricket fans. They might get more people watching the game through these T20s but what about the loyal cricket watches who have been living the game all these years? Someone must answer. I cannot express my anger, simply cannot. And this has nothing to do with the No.1 ranking. I`d have said the same even if India were ranked No.3 when BCCI took this stupid decision. They have kind of left the avid cricket fan in India feeling orphaned by this decision.

Would people here support a petition of sorts if which we could mail the BCCI guys. Surely, its the fans who make the game. The morons may not respond or care but its time we let them know what the fans want.

If some of the mods/admins come up with a nicely worded letter we could let the BCCI know about it.

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I've had enough of smack bang wallop cricket.



5. Two against Bangladesh and three against New Zealand.

And three against the Proteas in SA, Dec 2010.

 

[Leggie]

Thanks for correction Aditya.

As much as I'd like to give your suggestion a go, look at this way. The BCCI only really care about revenue at the end of the day. We aren't giving it to them, the ODI's are.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

I think I'm going to revert back to not supporting India.

Bangladesh FTW!

 

[aditya123]

Thanks for correction Aditya.

As much as I'd like to give your suggestion a go, look at this way. The BCCI only really care about revenue at the end of the day. We aren't giving it to them, the ODI's are.

The revenue will still come. We never asked for the ODIs to be scrapped anyway. These tours with just ODIs are what we want to be scrapped. 3 tests and 5 ODIs is how it should be. You can`t get away with irritating the real followers of the game who are the test cricket fans and not the T20 fans. They must be made to know that the T20 generation fan knows very little about the sport other than the fours and sixes and tends to forget the game as quickly as the T20 game itself.

The reason why they are doing all this is because they are taking the Indian cricket fan for granted and feels they care very little about test cricket which clearly is`nt the case. We are some of the most knowledgable fans of the sport and to brand us as purely ODI cricket fans is belittling our cricketing intellect which is exactly what they`re doing at the moment.

 

[King Cricket]

5. Two against Bangladesh and three against New Zealand.

Do they really have to tour countries like New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Australia every year? This is freaking annoying! It kills all the fun and I'm seriously bored.

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The reason why they are doing all this is because they are taking the Indian cricket fan for granted and feels they care very little about test cricket which clearly is`nt the case..

The BCCI can actually make humongous amounts of profit from Test matches. But it will come only if you leave your ego battles aside and host Test matches in proper venues. They are failing to make money from Test matches because of their own dumbness. You neglect one of the best cricket stadiums in the world (Eden Gardens) for four bloody years, yet you go on hosting match after match in crap stadiums with ████ pitches, which almost always result in boring draws; if this is the case, then it's only natural that they aren't being able to make enough profit from the Test matches. You can't blame the crowd for not turning up. Who wants to see such lifeless matches anyway? Seesh!

 

[sohum]

I'll probably just not watch the ODIs at all in protest. If tons of people do that their viewing figures will fall, and maybe, just maybe, they'll realise we're getting sick of them.

BCCI doesn't make its revenues from viewership, it makes it from selling the rights to broadcast the game. It'll be the TV companies who will lose out if there's a mass protest by not watching the games, since the advertisements will get pulled.

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Do they really have to tour countries like New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Australia every year? This is freaking annoying! It kills all the fun and I'm seriously bored.

We're not touring New Zealand. The last time New Zealand toured India for Test matches was 2003/04. So we are way overdue for a Kiwi tour of India.

The BCCI can actually make humongous amounts of profit from Test matches. But it will come only if you leave your ego battles aside and host Test matches in proper venues. They are failing to make money from Test matches because of their own dumbness. You neglect one of the best cricket stadiums in the world (Eden Gardens) for four bloody years, yet you go on hosting match after match in crap stadiums with ████ pitches, which almost always result in boring draws; if this is the case, then it's only natural that they aren't being able to make enough profit from the Test matches. You can't blame the crowd for not turning up. Who wants to see such lifeless matches anyway? Seesh!

The vast, vast majority of revenue is not made from ticket sales but from TV revenues. The BCCI could make money on the game by not selling a single ticket, since the TV value of India playing is so high.

The Eden Gardens has been neglected because I suppose the BCCI are punishing them for their unpatriotic behavior when South Africa last toured us. If you have forgotten, the Kolkata crowd supported South Africa and booed India because Sourav Ganguly had been dropped. While the Eden Gardens maybe an awesome venue and their supporters knowledgeable, they also do stupid things like what happened in that Kolkata game.

 

[SaiSrini]

@ adi: I dont think this petition idea would work in our country. The BCCI will just look at it as a few pieces of paper thats not going to fill their bank accounts. Hit them where they dont like to be hit, and thats the only way. And that would be "stop watching India games" (even though the TV companies lose out, they are eventually going to take it up to the BCCI if they lose that much money). But stopping to watch India games is very tough for the Indian fan, who is extremely passionate about cricket and his country. I have tried it many times when I was younger, but lost it everytime because I just cant be away from watching Indian cricket.

 

[sohum]

I wonder how many people would be complaining if India had lost to Sri Lanka or drawn the series, and not gained the number 1 ranking. This is hardly the first time the BCCI has cancelled/postponed indefinitely a Test series. There was no backlash before. :sarcasm

 

[SaiSrini]

Yeah, but now that the backlash is happening, its only for the good right?

 

[sohum]

Yeah, but now that the backlash is happening, its only for the good right?

For now. However, it strongly suggests that if we lose a couple of Test series' and play well in a couple of T20/ODI tournaments that people will flip the switch again.

 

[MS Dhoni]

I don't see a reason for this Backlash over the cancellation of Test series against South Africa. One main reason I think BCCI did this is because India is already the no.1 in Test rankings so they want to give them enough matches to gain no.1 rank in ODIs not just by 5 or 6 points but by 15-20 points. India has alot of ODIs coming up and if we win most of them then we will be no.1 in ODIs too. India needs a break. we have been playing strong nations for a while now when other countries are gatting free bees. I mean what is the point of Australia vs West Indies? I am sure we cannot give all the players break for 2 months or so. It is better giving them easy opponents for at most 2 series to relax and then return to stronger team freshed up.

 

[SaiSrini]

I don't see a reason for this Backlash over the cancellation of Test series against South Africa. One main reason I think BCCI did this is because India is already the no.1 in Test rankings so they want to give them enough matches to gain no.1 rank in ODIs not just by 5 or 6 points but by 15-20 points. India has alot of ODIs coming up and if we win most of them then we will be no.1 in ODIs too. India needs a break. we have been playing strong nations for a while now when other countries are gatting free bees. I mean what is the point of Australia vs West Indies? I am sure we cannot give all the players break for 2 months or so. It is better giving them easy opponents for at most 2 series to relax and then return to stronger team freshed up.

Do you think the BCCI thought on those lines when they cancelled the tests vs South Africa? Your explanation is laughable. If the BCCI did that, it would give them an even more bad name of trying to help India achieve their rankings by scheduling series according to those requirements. By sidelining the ultimate format of cricket for "rest" (which is what you say the BCCI is doing), they are ruining the very essence of cricket.

The backlash has not yet got strong enough. It needs more power to make the BCCI do things. It should happen and the BCCI should schedule more tests for the year 2010 (a series against Pakistan at a neutral venue would do, if the SA tests cant be brought back)

 

[sohum]

I don't see a reason for this Backlash over the cancellation of Test series against South Africa. One main reason I think BCCI did this is because India is already the no.1 in Test rankings so they want to give them enough matches to gain no.1 rank in ODIs not just by 5 or 6 points but by 15-20 points. India has alot of ODIs coming up and if we win most of them then we will be no.1 in ODIs too. India needs a break. we have been playing strong nations for a while now when other countries are gatting free bees. I mean what is the point of Australia vs West Indies? I am sure we cannot give all the players break for 2 months or so. It is better giving them easy opponents for at most 2 series to relax and then return to stronger team freshed up.

Contrary to the opinion on this forum, I'm fairly certain the BCCI does not organize their series' to make sure India somehow ends up with the best ranking. Most people who know what they are talking about agree that the ICC rankings are a poor reflection of reality, although they are the best tool we have.

 

[MS Dhoni]

@sohum and Saisrini - well that is just my opinion. I am not sure if I am right but looking at India's position in the rankings, it cannot be denied either.

 

[pcfan123]

LOL so India is not playing South Africa to preserve their ranking? Thats even worse than cancelling the series for 2020.