BCCI’s Arrogance and Greed responsible for IPL Postponement!

[MP2011]

Absolutely. I have many friends who were die hard supporters of present government and would go to any extent to support them, but to my surprise a lot many of them are strongly criticising the govt. now, probably because now most of them have lost their loved ones. You don't feel the pain until you experience it.

Spot on.

Great to know that humanity is still alive amongst us. However can't say the same about quite a few on this thread/forum.

 

[MP2011]

Also, one can still feel the pain of losing near and dear ones despite not losing them. Just that someone needs to have compassion and empathy for other's sufferings.

 

[Markhor]

I wanted IPL to be postponed two weeks ago, and I am not part of BCCI/IPL administration. I don’t see how this is embarrassing for me.

The only thing I find embarrassing is the kick Pakistani fans are getting out of this. They feel relieved because their sole interest was to see IPL sabotaged.

They couldn’t care less about the well-being of the Indian public and the well-being of the players.

All those fake tears are to divert attention from the fact that their only interest was to see IPL disrupted.

I can understand the jealously though. IPL has become bigger than Pakistan cricket itself without contribution from any Pakistani cricketer.

It is the biggest cricket carnival in the world that Pakistani players watch from the sidelines and absolutely no one is bothered about their exclusion.

Our players would publicly lament their exclusion from IPL until PCB came up with a low budget, cheap imitation called PSL, and the tragedy is that Pakistani players today would have a happily trade their PSL contracts for IPL contracts if they were given a choice.

Keeping all that in mind, I understand why we are jealous, but having said that, it won’t hurt us if we could at least pretend to be nonchalant about it.

So in response to a colossal failure from uber-competent BCCI all you got are cheap shots against Pakistan cricket. Your shamelessness and intellectual dishonesty descends to new lows.

The BCCI are by far the wealthiest board in the world. They had the example of PSL in front of them.

Yet they did not enforce a BSE, leaving it to the franchises to create one. The BSE was violated and the BCCI covered up the number of positive tests.

The BCCI themselves are now mooting a relocation to the UAE for the World T20 yet only as last week you claimed "BCCI have proven their competence" in staging a multiteam event, and infact still support their hosting rights when they are in the eye of the COVID storm.

Above all else, they diverted scarce medical supplies while people are dying in the streets and in ambulances gasping for oxygen.

If PCB literally had an ICU on wheels outside the ground for the PSL, do NOT tell me you wouldn't have blasted Mani and Wasim for such a selfish, irresponsible and inhumane act ?

 

[Itachi]

let's look at the title.

"BCCI’s Arrogance and Greed responsible for IPL Postponement!"

IF BCCI wasn't greedy and not arrogant, would the postponed action wouldn't have occurred? Would the tournament still going on?

Are we talking about karma here?

 

[Mean&Green]

let's look at the title.

"BCCI’s Arrogance and Greed responsible for IPL Postponement!"

IF BCCI wasn't greedy and not arrogant, would the postponed action wouldn't have occurred? Would the tournament still going on?

Are we talking about karma here?

Damn been a long time since I saw you post here it’s been like years now how have you been brother?

 

[Last Monetarist]

Ganguly, being BCCI prez must be equal party to hold IPL in India. Or has he been completely side stepped by Jay Shah for refusing to join ranks of papa Shah prior to WB polls?

Either way, doesn't look remotely good for him or his tough guy image!

Ganguly is a stooge, he was seen as the reform candidate because Srinivasan and the powerbrokers in Mumbai presented him as such. He's just there to provide credibility to the regime.

 

[MP2011]

Ganguly is a stooge, he was seen as the reform candidate because Srinivasan and the powerbrokers in Mumbai presented him as such. He's just there to provide credibility to the regime.

True. Really disappointed by Ganguly, I thought he was made of sterner stuff with his on field macho persona and all, he has proved to be just a yes man to the current regime.

 

[MP2011]

Speaking of stooges, Kohli is the biggest stooge of establishment, always in good books of powers that be, it pays him handsomely too!

 

[Mamoon]

The events of the last few days have exposed the lack of character and integrity of a few posters.

They couldn’t care less about the Indian public and the welfare of the players; their only interest was to see IPL sabotaged.

Embarrassing stuff.

 

[Rana]

The events of the last few days have exposed the lack of character and integrity of a few posters.

They couldn’t care less about the Indian public and the welfare of the players; their only interest was to see IPL sabotaged.

Embarrassing stuff.

And you really care about the Pakistani Public?

 

[Bewal Express]

The events of the last few days have exposed the lack of character and integrity of a few posters.

They couldn’t care less about the Indian public and the welfare of the players; their only interest was to see IPL sabotaged.

Embarrassing stuff.

So now that your narrative has been destroyed and you and the Hindutuva are humiliated, its the fault of the posters.

 

[Markhor]

The events of the last few days have exposed the lack of character and integrity of a few posters.

They couldn’t care less about the Indian public and the welfare of the players; their only interest was to see IPL sabotaged.

Embarrassing stuff.

You could barely hide your glee when PSL was abandoned, and couldn't wait to stick the knife into PCB. Now you are perched atop a moral high ground and offering free PR for BCCI after abandonment of IPL. The double standards are visible from Mars.

For the hundredth time, I personally wanted IPL seen to completion because there's a lot of small labourers who will suffer due to this abandonment. And nobody wants to see Indians dying in the streets gasping for oxygen.

Infact it's the BCCI who've harmed the Indian public by diverting scarce medical supplies for sake of commercialism.

You are less interested in the welfare of the Indian public, but wholly interested in scoring political points over strangers on the internet. What a truly warped existence !

 

[Ahmad-GERMANFC]

let's look at the title.

"BCCI’s Arrogance and Greed responsible for IPL Postponement!"

IF BCCI wasn't greedy and not arrogant, would the postponed action wouldn't have occurred? Would the tournament still going on?

Are we talking about karma here?

Yes if they weren’t arrogant they wouldn’t have moved IPL to the Covid epi center of the world ie delhi. If they weren’t greedy it probably wouldn’t have been held in india in the first place

 

[Ahmad-GERMANFC]

The events of the last few days have exposed the lack of character and integrity of a few posters.

They couldn’t care less about the Indian public and the welfare of the players; their only interest was to see IPL sabotaged.

Embarrassing stuff.

No one is talking about the Indian public so do not deflect.

BCCI and it’s lackeys deserve this humiliation

 

[the Great Khan]

The events of the last few days have exposed the lack of character and integrity of a few posters.

They couldn’t care less about the Indian public and the welfare of the players; their only interest was to see IPL sabotaged.

Embarrassing stuff.

I'm surprised one who has demonstrated none of the above qualities can actually recognise them.

 

[Pakhs]

You could barely hide your glee when PSL was abandoned, and couldn't wait to stick the knife into PCB. Now you are perched atop a moral high ground and offering free PR for BCCI after abandonment of IPL. The double standards are visible from Mars.

For the hundredth time, I personally wanted IPL seen to completion because there's a lot of small labourers who will suffer due to this abandonment. And nobody wants to see Indians dying in the streets gasping for oxygen.

Infact it's the BCCI who've harmed the Indian public by diverting scarce medical supplies for sake of commercialism.

You are less interested in the welfare of the Indian public, but wholly interested in scoring political points over strangers on the internet. What a truly warped existence !

He goes by the theory if BCCI cant get it right nobody in the world can. The reality is BCCI and the Indian government were over confident and should have learnt lessons from PSL that this virus can not be contained easily at all.

 

[the Great Khan]

He goes by the theory if BCCI cant get it right nobody in the world can. The reality is BCCI and the Indian government were over confident and should have learnt lessons from PSL that this virus can not be contained easily at all.

This IPL episode has proven one thing, the BCCI has no God given right to be seen as competent just because it is rich. They should have learnt their lessons. people are dying on the streets and these morons were holding a carnival. It is akin to nero playing the fiddle and entertaining his guests while Rome burned.
Watch the news reports of inncoent normal average joe public losing mothers sons fathers because these rich munshis and their ilk couldnt care less about the common man. Where are the cricket "heroes" that these poor people look up to? where are they? tattoing their arms to ape the white man and earning money?

They should be out there on the front line trying to get beds oxygen and help for their people!! smacking a ball to the boundary wont help people to breathe. Its a disgrace and I hope many are held to account for this inhumanity once this crisis is over.

 

[Pakhs]

This IPL episode has proven one thing, the BCCI has no God given right to be seen as competent just because it is rich. They should have learnt their lessons. people are dying on the streets and these morons were holding a carnival. It is akin to nero playing the fiddle and entertaining his guests while Rome burned.
Watch the news reports of inncoent normal average joe public losing mothers sons fathers because these rich munshis and their ilk couldnt care less about the common man. Where are the cricket "heroes" that these poor people look up to? where are they? tattoing their arms to ape the white man and earning money?

They should be out there on the front line trying to get beds oxygen and help for their people!! smacking a ball to the boundary wont help people to breathe. Its a disgrace and I hope many are held to account for this inhumanity once this crisis is over.

I dont fully agree with your post, Cricketers are just cricketers they are not real life heroes and we dont need to make them one either. Specially when it comes to leagues like IPL where its obvious beyond doubt that almost all players are only playing for money.

The real life heros are already on the front line and doing whatever they can to help the general public.

 

[the Great Khan]

I dont fully agree with your post, Cricketers are just cricketers they are not real life heroes and we dont need to make them one either. Specially when it comes to leagues like IPL where its obvious beyond doubt that almost all players are only playing for money.

The real life heros are already on the front line and doing whatever they can to help the general public.

Sure in normal times but when they are bombing Pakistan or wanting to show us who the shooper powar is they distribute military hats to show support for their army. This is a national emergency where people are literally dying on the streets. Every patriotic Indian should be outting down tools and engaign to help. Kahan hain colonel sahib Dhoni? and the others? they claim they are super patriots right? so where are they. Its a disgrace. My heart goes out to those poor families who are dying on the floors of hospitals, on pavements while these gods of cricket make more money. If it were me I would have refused to play the IPL and used my wealth and name to help people. Not just show off by distributing army caps to troll your hated enemy. Well you have anew enemy and it is covid.

 

[silentkiller187]

The events of the last few days have exposed the lack of character and integrity of a few posters.

They couldn’t care less about the Indian public and the welfare of the players; their only interest was to see IPL sabotaged.

Embarrassing stuff.

I think you been exposed mate, haven't heard a single call for the sacking of Rajiv Shukla or Ganguly, still sounds like your brown nosing them even now.

When it comes to PSL you were the first to call for the heads of Ehsan Mani and Wasim Khan.

Beyond everything else posters want consistency, hold as many controversial views as you like just dont move the goalposts to suit your own agenda.

 

[MenInG]

This is what hubris looks like. The failure of this year’s IPL highlights the aggrandisement India’s most powerful and wealthy take from cricket’s spotlight regardless of the dangers.

The assurances from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the country had “saved the world” from the tragedy of COVID-19 and the subsequent claims by IPL officials that their team bubbles were virus safe seem ridiculous now.

The cricket world has been left shocked by the news Australian legend Mike Hussey has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.

Modi is a leader who, in the tradition of Donald Trump’s worst excesses, encouraged unmasked mass political rallies and religious gatherings.

Like Trump, Modi put mass adulation before public safety. Now, with millions ill and thousands dying every day, those actions have come back to embarrass Modi and his government acolytes who hold sway with the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

India’s passion for cricket is a blessing that provides colour, excitement, and 70 per cent of global cricket’s wealth, but the downside is the demigods this creates and the power they wield over the international game.

Former Australian great Mike Hussey, 45, batting coach for the Chennai Super Kings, has also tested positive to the coronavirus. He sat next to a fellow coach on the team bus who was later found to have the virus.

Hussey has been retested and if he returns another positive sample, he will be forced to isolate in India for 10 days before going into a fortnight’s quarantine once he returns home.

As it stands, all IPL players must self-isolate for four days following the increasing number of outbreaks.

Australian players, commentators and support staff say they are not looking for special favours. After all, it is the responsibility of the BCCI and their IPL franchises to get international players home, something the Indian governing body acknowledged publicly as the tournament began to unravel.

As professionals plying their trade, they will see out the Australian government’s travel ban in a third country before eventually making their way home some time after May 15 or whenever the ban is lifted.

The Australians went to the IPL as privateers during their annual break but they are still important ambassadors for Australia in a country that puts cricket on a pedestal like no other.

State and federal trade delegations frequently use current and former cricketers as part of their entourages if they want immediate cut-through in India. This is why many in the game felt it was a bit rich for Prime Minister Scott Morrison to be so dismissive of them when announcing the travel ban. This, the argument goes, from a politician who attaches himself so closely to sport he seems to wear a football cap every time he steps outside.

The reaction of cricketer-turned-commentator Michael Slater, who said the PM had “blood on his hands”, came across as extreme and was dismissed by Morrison as “absurd”. But many in the game believe the former opening batsman, who fled India for the Maldives, made a good point when he said, “I had government permission to work on the IPL but I now have government neglect”.

Certainly some Australians at the IPL shared Slater’s sentiment that they had been abandoned.

Australian cricket’s poster boy and Kolkata Knight Riders star Pat Cummins put things more diplomatically.

“As soon as the hard border shut - obviously no one has experienced that before - it added a bit of anxiety for a few of the Aussies over here,” he told The Back Page on Fox Sports.

That the IPL was ever scheduled in India this year defies logic. It was played in the UAE last year without incident and would no doubt still be going had the same arrangements been repeated.

The irony is that it is likely to be completed in the UAE this year, which raises the potential for chaos with international fixturing.

Australia has a white-ball tour of the West Indies in late June and July before a scheduled Twenty20 series in Bangladesh, which is yet to be confirmed. The Bangladesh leg appears unlikely to go ahead.

The one positive to come out of this sorry mess should be moving the Twenty20 World Cup that is scheduled for October and November from India to the UAE. Common sense may prevail there at least.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricke...greed-above-common-sense-20210505-p57p30.html

 

[Pakhs]

Sure in normal times but when they are bombing Pakistan or wanting to show us who the shooper powar is they distribute military hats to show support for their army. This is a national emergency where people are literally dying on the streets. Every patriotic Indian should be outting down tools and engaign to help. Kahan hain colonel sahib Dhoni? and the others? they claim they are super patriots right? so where are they. Its a disgrace. My heart goes out to those poor families who are dying on the floors of hospitals, on pavements while these gods of cricket make more money. If it were me I would have refused to play the IPL and used my wealth and name to help people. Not just show off by distributing army caps to troll your hated enemy. Well you have anew enemy and it is covid.

I never bought into any cricketer / celeb claim about being more patriotic etc or the drama about caps etc thats easy and cheap to do. They would have carried on playing for the whole tournament as long as they got their money and I dont blame them. So would most people here personally I been working through the pandemic as well trying to make as much money as possible.

 

[MenInG]

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), franchises as well as players have taken steps in the last couple of weeks to help those affected by the rampant coronavirus across India. While donations have been coming in from individuals former India cricketer and ex-IPL Governing Council member Surinder Khanna feels the BCCI and IPL together could've donated INR 100 crore towards India's fight against Covid-19

"The BCCI-IPL should have donated at least Rs 100 crore towards covid relief," former India wicketkeeper Surinder Khanna, who was in the IPL governing council last year when the T20 league took place in UAE as the representative of the Indian Cricketers’ Association (ICA), was quoted as saying by the Times of India on Wednesday.

The BCCI claims that it will be losing in excess of Rs 2000 crore because of the suspension of the remainder of the IPL Season 14. Khanna, however, feels the board should have fulfilled its moral responsibility considering the cash it has.

"It’s a loss of the BCCI’s profits, that’s all. In any case, the official IPL telecaster (Star Sports) has insurance cover under the force majeure clause. The Board still has enough cash reserves to carry out what is clearly its moral and social responsibility at a time like this," Khanna stressed.

He was also of the opinion that the resources being used in the IPL should've been better put to use to help those who are fighting against Covid-19.

"The IPL should have been called much earlier, and even the franchises should have made that clear. Are they only bothered with profits, and not concerned with the lives and unlimited misery of the people?” the former India cricketer opined.

He was also skeptical of the board's decision to host the T20 league in UAE this year too considering the Covid-19 situation was far from resolved. The call to not have Restrata, the agency which managed the bio-bubble in UAE, this year as well also left Khanna baffled.

“The Board has made a mess of it. I saw in the UAE last year how wonderfully the bio-bubble created there functioned. I was out of the bubble, but was tested repeatedly, and felt safe. Everyone, from the top to bottom, was following the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to the T. This is why we had no positive cases when the tournament began.

“I just can’t understand why, just seven months down the line, did they decide to move back the tournament to India? A bio-bubble operates best when there is just one city involved. So, maybe, if you chose only Mumbai, it was fine; but here, you were holding the league in six cities.

“Why did the Board not engage the same agency (Restrata) which had created such a secure bio-bubble in the IPL in the UAE last year? The Board must probe how the bubble was breached.”

https://www.timesnownews.com/sports...ief-fulfilled-its-moral-responsibility/753130

 

[Devadwal]

The events of the last few days have exposed the lack of character and integrity of a few posters.

They couldn’t care less about the Indian public and the welfare of the players; their only interest was to see IPL sabotaged.

Embarrassing stuff.

Exactly .i have real all comments here seem like people enjoying here bcz of IPL Cancelled .no other way around

 

[Markhor]

Exactly .i have real all comments here seem like people enjoying here bcz of IPL Cancelled .no other way around

Some Indian posters were happy to give us lectures about COVID after PSL abandonment so don't act all holier than thou.

 

[MenInG]

Exactly .i have real all comments here seem like people enjoying here bcz of IPL Cancelled .no other way around

Think those living on planet Zor could be forgiven to not know what has been said about PCB, PSL, Mani, Wasim etc when the tournament was postponed.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Exactly .i have real all comments here seem like people enjoying here bcz of IPL Cancelled .no other way around

I think it is the other way round. Many on here were saying IPL should have been cancelled as soon as the scale of the upsurge of infection became apparent. Too many Indian posters were belligerent and aggressive in their response due to nationalist fervour rather than concern for their own people. Sport is great but it has a time and place, and now was not the right time to be paying millions to foreign stars for entertainment while the public were dying in the streets.

 

[sabre1486]

The events of the last few days have exposed the lack of character and integrity of a few posters.

They couldn’t care less about the Indian public and the welfare of the players; their only interest was to see IPL sabotaged.

Embarrassing stuff.

yeah...definitely your 'integrity' when it comes to talking about the BCCI versus the PCB. You would have steamrolled the PCB if they were conducting the PSL in the midst of a colossal wave of coronavirus. If cognitive dissonance was a poster.....

 

[Technics 1210]

It's true people of India are suffering and I wish them a speedy recovery as the innocent do not deserve this in India. No one does due sheer incompetence of their government.

However what is suffering more, for which I feel no remorse but joy, is India's global image. Oh my, hammering is not the word, torpedoed is.

The cancellation of IPL was the final nail in the coffin. The last few months have proven that India is not the rich country it claims to be, not the developing country it claims to be; and certainly not the humane country it claims to be. The cherry on the cake is that Modi is now confirmed as an inept leader.

There's always a silver lining.

 

[Mamoon]

If we suspend our celebrations and the fireworks for a brief moment, I think we will have the capacity to realize that BCCI’s decision to not throw anyone under the bus and not deflect the blame onto the franchises must be appreciated.

This is how a professional and responsible board reacts. BCCI knows it was their responsibility to maintain the bubble and thus it is highly inappropriate to blame others.

On the contrary, PCB wasted no time in shifting the blame onto the franchises and the brand ambassadors. It clearly showed the lack of guts of the PCB administration.

 

[Geil]

I haven't watched IPL when it was live , so correct me if I am wrong, before IPL got suspended indefinitely, IPL wasn't even creating any awareness nor acknowledging deaths every day by wearing black arm bands on field or not even any mention of the disaster unfolding right across every venue or city the IPL was being played

Reportedly there was a crematory ground very close to the Delhi stadium were it was being said quite a lot of bodies were being burnt all day/night long and I don't know whether any Premium current Indian Cricketers like Kohli,Rohit,Dhoni and others with huge fan following have come forward and spoke anything to general public about it because remember when "Rihana posted about Indian farmers protest and tool-kits" how these cricketers posted tweets and even Kohli talked mildly about it in a press conference.

Now that the IPL is suspended I for one at-least hope these Cricketers come forward and at-least talk about it to general public who follow these cricketers in millions.

 

[KingKhanWC]

The events of the last few days have exposed the lack of character and integrity of a few posters.

They couldn’t care less about the Indian public and the welfare of the players; their only interest was to see IPL sabotaged.

Embarrassing stuff.

Ironic.

BCCI's approach to the IPL amidst Indians dying on the streets has been a disgrace. These fools thought their bubble couldnt be breached, now their own bubble along with posters like you have burst.

Time to come out and put your hands up. Your beloved BCCI have failed badly.

 

[Mamoon]

Ironic.

BCCI's approach to the IPL amidst Indians dying on the streets has been a disgrace. These fools thought their bubble couldnt be breached, now their own bubble along with posters like you have burst.

Time to come out and put your hands up. Your beloved BCCI have failed badly.

I said two weeks ago that the IPL should be suspended. The threat to the players was besides the main point, i.e. it was not the right time to have a tournament.

India is going through a terrible crisis and hundreds of testing kits and other resources were being wasted on the players and the staff which could have been utilized for the general public.

 

[Mamoon]

yeah...definitely your 'integrity' when it comes to talking about the BCCI versus the PCB. You would have steamrolled the PCB if they were conducting the PSL in the midst of a colossal wave of coronavirus. If cognitive dissonance was a poster.....

Whether I criticize BCCI or not makes no difference. I am not a stakeholder.

But I pay taxes in Pakistan and my tax money is used to fund the PCB, so as a stakeholder, it is my duty to offer criticism if required.

The criticism directed at me regarding my so-called double-standards are not appreciated. If I were an Indian passport holder and a taxpayer in India, I would have been in a position to criticize/or not criticize BCCI.

 

[KingKhanWC]

I said two weeks ago that the IPL should be suspended. The threat to the players was besides the main point, i.e. it was not the right time to have a tournament.

India is going through a terrible crisis and hundreds of testing kits and other resources were being wasted on the players and the staff which could have been utilized for the general public.

Take your memory further back. When the PSL was suspended, you ridiculed, laughed, called them incompetant but now IPL has done worse, you are rather mute.

Even a schoolchild knew 3/4 weeks ago, IPL should be stopped. You were a week or two later than children.

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Take your memory further back. When the PSL was suspended, you ridiculed, laughed, called them incompetant but now IPL has done worse, you are rather mute.

Even a schoolchild knew 3/4 weeks ago, IPL should be stopped. You were a week or two later than children.

I think it's his personal decision to bash someone or not.
But as a Indian i feel he is more patriotic towards pakistan than many of you guys here that's why he expect nothing more than professionalism from PCB and their management and we usually bash those whom we are actually attached to and want to see them doing better .

 

[PakLFC]

BCCI did not force anyone to play in this tournament. Players did so fully well knowing there would be a big risk playing in India with the pandemic around. If enough players had boycotted the tournament it would most likely have been cancelled before it started. Greedy players who are millionaires now stuck in India like the Aussies deserve what they are getting.

 

[Mamoon]

Take your memory further back. When the PSL was suspended, you ridiculed, laughed, called them incompetant but now IPL has done worse, you are rather mute.

Even a schoolchild knew 3/4 weeks ago, IPL should be stopped. You were a week or two later than children.

I have explained this in the post above yours.

 

[Markhor]

I think it's his personal decision to bash someone or not.
But as a Indian i feel he is more patriotic towards pakistan than many of you guys here that's why he expect nothing more than professionalism from PCB and their management and we usually bash those whom we are actually attached to and want to see them doing better .

Firstly with due respect you have no right to grade our patriotism towards Pakistan. Likewise we've no business to tell Indians how they should feel about their country.

Secondly, there is a distinction between constructive criticism, of which there's plenty if you open any thread, especially when PSL was abandoned (including by yours truly) - and non-stop bashing for attention seeking even in irrelevant contexts like your friend does.

And there's a big difference between constructive criticism for the betterment of the country, and hypocrisy, ignoring inconvenient facts, trolling for clickbait, U-turning on past statements etc.

 

[gazza619]

Bad day at the office for some posters.

Just hope lessons are learnt from this tragedy. A lesson that no human or country or religion is lesser and that karma always has the last word.

 

[Markhor]

Take your memory further back. When the PSL was suspended, you ridiculed, laughed, called them incompetant but now IPL has done worse, you are rather mute.

Even a schoolchild knew 3/4 weeks ago, IPL should be stopped. You were a week or two later than children.

If he was referring to the BCCI's staging of IPL in UAE last autumn, I would wholeheartedly agree. BCCI did a superb job in hiring Restrata and maintaining the biosecure bubble. They deserved plaudits for their professionalism in trying times.

And PCB fully merited blasting for their mishandling of PSL two months ago, when our neighbours were quite keen to advise us about biosecurity.

However the reason he's getting brickbats now is he's still praising BCCI's decision-making even when they're being condemned by their own public and media ! Perhaps due to influence of GOI aiming to downplay the severity of COVID like Trump in the US for political purposes; for purely selfish commercial reasons; or if we're to actually believe this was a morale boosting exercise for the nation - they greenlit IPL in the midst of possibly the worst humanitarian disaster since Partition.

They didn't hire Restrata again, basically left the franchises to self-police the bubble, covered up positive tests, didn't quarantine players leaving the bubble for MRIs, made minimal effort to promote frontline workers/charitable efforts or memorialise the dead whose cremation fires could be seen from the Stadiums, needlessly disrupted the international calendar, and worst of all diverted limited medical supplies when people are dying outside the grounds.

That ICU on wheels they hired for these wealthy millionaire cricketers and broadcasters who voluntarily chose to fly into the eye of the COVID storm could've saved somebody life FGS.

If the PCB did even a fraction of that, it doesn't take Einstein to know his reaction wouldn't be as muted or dismissive as it is after the IPL abandonment. And his criticism would be justified, I would've demanded our executives not only to resign but go to jail.

If people still view this justified criticism as gloating or celebrating then I cannot help them as I've nothing else to add.

 

[Ahmad-GERMANFC]

If we suspend our celebrations and the fireworks for a brief moment, I think we will have the capacity to realize that BCCI’s decision to not throw anyone under the bus and not deflect the blame onto the franchises must be appreciated.

This is how a professional and responsible board reacts. BCCI knows it was their responsibility to maintain the bubble and thus it is highly inappropriate to blame others.

On the contrary, PCB wasted no time in shifting the blame onto the franchises and the brand ambassadors. It clearly showed the lack of guts of the PCB administration.

Haha at giving BCCI some credit. If they had any shame they would have suspended it weeks ago or kept it to certain cities.

But they didn’t: and hence deserve all the humiliation they are getting their wayz

 

[Savak]

BCCI did not force anyone to play in this tournament. Players did so fully well knowing there would be a big risk playing in India with the pandemic around. If enough players had boycotted the tournament it would most likely have been cancelled before it started. Greedy players who are millionaires now stuck in India like the Aussies deserve what they are getting.

Totally agree with this. The players chose to risk life/death selfishly for the $1,000,000-$2,000,000 paycheques.

 

[asadee]

Greed will be the downfall of both BCCI and BJP

 

[KingKhanWC]

If he was referring to the BCCI's staging of IPL in UAE last autumn, I would wholeheartedly agree. BCCI did a superb job in hiring Restrata and maintaining the biosecure bubble. They deserved plaudits for their professionalism in trying times.

And PCB fully merited blasting for their mishandling of PSL two months ago, when our neighbours were quite keen to advise us about biosecurity.

However the reason he's getting brickbats now is he's still praising BCCI's decision-making even when they're being condemned by their own public and media ! Perhaps due to influence of GOI aiming to downplay the severity of COVID like Trump in the US for political purposes; for purely selfish commercial reasons; or if we're to actually believe this was a morale boosting exercise for the nation - they greenlit IPL in the midst of possibly the worst humanitarian disaster since Partition.

They didn't hire Restrata again, basically left the franchises to self-police the bubble, covered up positive tests, didn't quarantine players leaving the bubble for MRIs, made minimal effort to promote frontline workers/charitable efforts or memorialise the dead whose cremation fires could be seen from the Stadiums, needlessly disrupted the international calendar, and worst of all diverted limited medical supplies when people are dying outside the grounds.

That ICU on wheels they hired for these wealthy millionaire cricketers and broadcasters who voluntarily chose to fly into the eye of the COVID storm could've saved somebody life FGS.

If the PCB did even a fraction of that, it doesn't take Einstein to know his reaction wouldn't be as muted or dismissive as it is after the IPL abandonment. And his criticism would be justified, I would've demanded our executives not only to resign but go to jail.

If people still view this justified criticism as gloating or celebrating then I cannot help them as I've nothing else to add.

Add to this they used emotional blackmail such as 'you are doing this for humanity(playing IPL)'. This has to be one of the worst screwwups in sporting history.

 

[Bewal Express]

Whether I criticize BCCI or not makes no difference. I am not a stakeholder.

But I pay taxes in Pakistan and my tax money is used to fund the PCB, so as a stakeholder, it is my duty to offer criticism if required.

The criticism directed at me regarding my so-called double-standards are not appreciated. If I were an Indian passport holder and a taxpayer in India, I would have been in a position to criticize/or not criticize BCCI.

So now your hiding behind the stakeholder chestnut. Based on the fact that you have never praised a single PK victory ( I will stand corrected and maybe you can refer me to a match, something like the CT win) , you are not a stakeholder in PK cricket. So stop hiding and face the humiliation

 

[Rauf's_Lungs]

If we suspend our celebrations and the fireworks for a brief moment, I think we will have the capacity to realize that BCCI’s decision to not throw anyone under the bus and not deflect the blame onto the franchises must be appreciated.

This is how a professional and responsible board reacts. BCCI knows it was their responsibility to maintain the bubble and thus it is highly inappropriate to blame others.

On the contrary, PCB wasted no time in shifting the blame onto the franchises and the brand ambassadors. It clearly showed the lack of guts of the PCB administration.

The hole is looking good Mammy. Keep digging, you've almost reached China. Remember to send us a postcard from Beijing.

 

[offstump]

Lol Mamoon quadrupling down in true Pakistani fashion. Maybe he really is Pakistani at heart hahah

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Amazing the false equivalences to karma, posters learning some humility, supremely unrelated stuff like India charging for the vaccines they gave a few countries Yaar ...yes the IPL has been called off....lets come back to our senses and stop the partying - yes it could have been handled better and yes the logistics surrounding the distribution of O2 could have been a lot better.
Well, the US of A wasn't perfect either-they had their mass burial sites outside NJ, neither was Italy/Germany/Uk a lot of Europe.
And the BCCI/IPL is not solely to blame for a lot of deficiencies in other countries setups - Get that massive chip off your collective shoulders.
We've faced massive odds, difficulties including some monsters in human form before, we will overcome this one as well. Stay strong.

 

[Technics 1210]

Nations around the world are banning flights to/from India and you can bet said bans will last well into the next year, and perhaps beyond.

I wonder what Modi must be thinking given his Hindutva mob want to relocate the IPL to a Muslim country. UAE should reject India/BCCI's plea for mercy.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

And a few months ago they were thumping their chests saying they are saving humanity by supplying the whole world with vaccines. Western researched vaccines .

It was lie. They only did it to make money and get foreign exchange reserves. Vaccine rates in Indus are 5%. You are right it will take 15 years off to vaccinate India. Better not play cricket there for 15 years. Lol

My my....what a load of pure desert camel fertilizer....
The vaccines supplied to a lot of countries were indian made...And supplied free of cost...
Because we have the principle of 'vasudhaivo kutumbakam'- the world is my family.
Probably because of that goodwill earned (As well as others over a long period) certain landmarks like the Niagra Falls, the big ben, the Burj Arab , Eiffel tower ,some south Korean place cant recall which were lit up in Indian tricolours - to show solidarity with the suffering of the indian people.
We stood by the world in their hour of need and this is reciprocated.
Yes, there were several decisions that were made which should not have been done. The whole logistics of O2 supply should have been thought about and improved from the 1st wave.
And yes, several deaths should have been prevented. It has been ineptitude and mismanagement-no doubting that.
By saying'they did it to make money and get foreign resereves' dude - I get it that the current IPL cancelling and the situation has floated your boat and its party time.
But at least get your facts right before throwing more mud. From a purely cricketing front the BCCI and the IPL are not responsible for any country's ranking so stop the carpet bagging and get the chip off your collective shoulders.
In the end 'the 15 year bit' sounds to be more wish ful thinking.
We have overcome tremendous odds and difficulties to get here over the centuries, some real monsters in human form amongst those, we shall over come this as well. Stay strong!

 

[Snowflake]

Whether I criticize BCCI or not makes no difference. I am not a stakeholder.

But I pay taxes in Pakistan and my tax money is used to fund the PCB, so as a stakeholder, it is my duty to offer criticism if required.

The criticism directed at me regarding my so-called double-standards are not appreciated. If I were an Indian passport holder and a taxpayer in India, I would have been in a position to criticize/or not criticize BCCI.

In what world does your criticism of PCB make any difference? )

 

[Snowflake]

If we suspend our celebrations and the fireworks for a brief moment, I think we will have the capacity to realize that BCCI’s decision to not throw anyone under the bus and not deflect the blame onto the franchises must be appreciated.

This is how a professional and responsible board reacts. BCCI knows it was their responsibility to maintain the bubble and thus it is highly inappropriate to blame others.

Hold the phone! Did BCCI really do that?

That is freakin unbelievable! Top class stuff! I'm surprised people here aren't acknowledging this feat! We're certainly very small hearted people! Good on you for giving credit where it's due, brother!

 

[MenInG]

Shoaib Akhtar:

"I didn’t have a problem with people not making money. People have been making money since 2008. If they don’t make money for a year, what trouble will they get into? People are dying and you cannot have pomp and show. It’s a national disaster. So as a neighbour, I was requesting that the IPL should be stopped"

"When I said a couple of weeks ago that the IPL should be stopped this year, there was emotions behind it. And it was that there is a national catastrophe that is taking place in India. People are dying. And I made the appeal because there were 4 lakh cases being reported a day"

"IPL was never viable. We made a bio-secure bubble in the PSL and it completely flopped. India tried and the same happened there. In UAE and England, we would have had it. Over here, even people working in hotels are not safe. They don’t remain in bio-secure bubble. International cricket can take place in a bubble, but not franchise cricket because the entire world comes. The IPL is not a small event"

 

[bala977]

Shoaib Akhtar:

"I didn’t have a problem with people not making money. People have been making money since 2008. If they don’t make money for a year, what trouble will they get into? People are dying and you cannot have pomp and show. It’s a national disaster. So as a neighbour, I was requesting that the IPL should be stopped"

"When I said a couple of weeks ago that the IPL should be stopped this year, there was emotions behind it. And it was that there is a national catastrophe that is taking place in India. People are dying. And I made the appeal because there were 4 lakh cases being reported a day"

"IPL was never viable. We made a bio-secure bubble in the PSL and it completely flopped. India tried and the same happened there. In UAE and England, we would have had it. Over here, even people working in hotels are not safe. They don’t remain in bio-secure bubble. International cricket can take place in a bubble, but not franchise cricket because the entire world comes. The IPL is not a small event"

I am a big fan of Shoiab but believe he is wrong here. IPL in fact helped mitigate this virus by keeping people indoors and providing a distraction.

To be honest, IPL body managed it infinitely better than PCB so the two shouldn’t be compared at all. What happened was inevitable and bound to happen after the unexpected surge in the last 2-3 weeks.... hindsight is a wonderful thing Shoaib! May be use it to analyse how you should have bowled to Sachin and Sehwag in 2003 World Cup?

 

[Pakhs]

I am a big fan of Shoiab but believe he is wrong here. IPL in fact helped mitigate this virus by keeping people indoors and providing a distraction.

To be honest, IPL body managed it infinitely better than PCB so the two shouldn’t be compared at all. What happened was inevitable and bound to happen after the unexpected surge in the last 2-3 weeks.... hindsight is a wonderful thing Shoaib! May be use it to analyse how you should have bowled to Sachin and Sehwag in 2003 World Cup?

You are all wrong mate IPL or any such events in poorer country where people have one TV among whole village is a catalysts for virus spreading.

 

[MenInG]

Hold the phone! Did BCCI really do that? ��

That is freakin unbelievable! Top class stuff! I'm surprised people here aren't acknowledging this feat! We're certainly very small hearted people! Good on you for giving credit where it's due, brother! ��

BCCI went one step better

"The report we got is that there's no breach of the bubble" : Sourav Ganguly

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...s-no-breach-of-the-bubble-quot-Sourav-Ganguly

 

[TheNightWatchman]

If we suspend our celebrations and the fireworks for a brief moment, I think we will have the capacity to realize that BCCI’s decision to not throw anyone under the bus and not deflect the blame onto the franchises must be appreciated.

This is how a professional and responsible board reacts. BCCI knows it was their responsibility to maintain the bubble and thus it is highly inappropriate to blame others.

On the contrary, PCB wasted no time in shifting the blame onto the franchises and the brand ambassadors. It clearly showed the lack of guts of the PCB administration.

BCCI didn't just not deflect the blame. They denied it's existance. Nobody was at fault. Did you not see what Ganguly said. How convenient. There was no breach in the bubble thus absolved of the blame.

 

[TheNightWatchman]

Another spontaneously generated corona virus. Are we calling this the IPL variant Saurav?

 

[Technics 1210]

I am a big fan of Shoiab but believe he is wrong here. IPL in fact helped mitigate this virus by keeping people indoors and providing a distraction.

To be honest, IPL body managed it infinitely better than PCB so the two shouldn’t be compared at all. What happened was inevitable and bound to happen after the unexpected surge in the last 2-3 weeks.... hindsight is a wonderful thing Shoaib! May be use it to analyse how you should have bowled to Sachin and Sehwag in 2003 World Cup?

IPL helped mitigate the virus? On what planet? The rate of infections was rising across India while the IPL was on.

IPL couldn't prevent the virus from penetrating the bio-secure bubble, yet helped mitigate the virus across India?

The surge was not unexpected, it was expected given the large religious gatherings approved by Modi. Infections/deaths were on the up since March.

Are you guys dished an internet bite-size response card or something?

 

[OMB]

'It helps to keep people in homes': Pat Cummins explains why continuing IPL 2021 was a 'positive' thing amid pandemic

Kolkata Knight Riders fast bowler Pat Cummins, who flew to the Maldives after the tournament's suspension, explained why everyone believed continuing the tournament was a good thing at the time.

Despite the covid-19 crisis in India deepening in the past few weeks, the Indian Premier League 2021 continued in the country for the entire month of April, inciting a debate. While some were of the view that the tournament should be halted keeping the things happening in the country, others felt that it should continue as it gave the people of India under lockdown a much-needed mode of distraction.

Unfortunately, as May rolled on, the covid entered IPL's bio-bubble and with several players testing positive for the virus, the BCCI and IPL's governing council decided mutually to suspend the tournament.

Also read: ‘England guys were panicking, it was chaos’: Morris reveals scenes at RR Team hotel during IPL 2021 suspension

Kolkata Knight Riders fast bowler Pat Cummins, who flew to the Maldives after the tournament's suspension, gave his insights on the above-mentioned debate and explained why everyone believed continuing the tournament was a good thing at the time.

“Seeing the media from back home, it [India’s pandemic] is huge news, and rightly so given what India is going through, but I’ve never felt unsafe here," Cummins was quoted as saying by Sydney Morning Herald.

“I’ve felt quite helpless and quite detached from it all being kept in comfortable hotels,” he said. “We were playing games and training like every other year. It just felt that I should be doing more for the people around us.

“The first thing I wanted to do was make sure playing the IPL was the right call. Speaking to people back home, some had the view that it didn’t see right cricket was going on over here in amongst all the COVID cases," he added.

“But the response I was getting from people in India was the opposite. They all said that with so many people in lockdown they really appreciate the fact that for three or four hours each night they can watch the IPL.

“It gives people a routine, it helps to keep them in homes. Everyone thought it was a positive the IPL was still going on.

“I wondered what could I do? India has been so good to me for so long as a player. The people are amazing. I wanted to try and help out and give back a little bit.”

“The IPL in the UAE last year was brilliant, it was really well run, but millions of people were saying it should have been played in India, so what do you do? You can see both sides. They set up this tournament with all the best advice," he signed off.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/pat-cummins-speaks-on-ipl-2021-continuing-in-india-amid-covid-19-pandemic-before-suspension-101620358187338.html

 

[Rajdeep]

People are still unnecessarily going after IPL and I am inclined to believe its not out of concern for the innocent lives but more due to personal dislike of the tournament itself.

Not a single person has died or suffered due to IPL. So directly IPL was no way imvolved with what is happening on the streets.

The situation in India a month ago was very different than it is today. There were close to 90k people attending cricket matches back in March. ISL, hockey league etc was already happening seamlessly back then. So BCCI was absolutely right in hosting the tournament at that time in India.

BCCI also did a commandable job in ensuring the bubble remains intact amidst this raging virus close to a month. But Varun Chakravarty lapse happen and as soon as there were few cases, they shut the tournament down.

BCCI is also ensuring every foreign players safe return. Likes of Mike Hussey who is showing Covid symptoms are in care of his franchise.

This 2nd wave of pandemic started after IPL already resumed and they were oblivious to it for a month because there were no breach of bubble. As soon as there are few cases, they postponed the tournament down.

Not sure why BCCI is being blamed here? Unless ofcourse the reason is something else, which most of us already aware of anyway.

 

[IMMY69]

Greed and extreme nationalism have no bounds.
This and other similar threads are testament to that.

 

[Rajdeep]

^ And before people take it other way, let me reiterate that I totally agree morally it looks bad to host the tournament with so many people dieing.

Then again, its very easy for us to sit here and talk about morals. But when you are running a multi million business, morals take a back seat.

Is it morally correct to telecast Netflix shows in India when people are dieing on streets? No

Is it morally correct to release bollywood movies amidst this tragedy? No

Let me give you an example, two days after 9/11, WWE decided to carry on with their show and didnt cancel thinking of the victims. Heck, Vince also didnt cancel their ppv when Owen Hart died on the same night.

So businesses dont care much about morals and neither did IPL. They continued as long as it was safe and when breach happened, they scrap the tournament.

Not sure why BCCI or IPL being criticized here.

 

[MenInG]

South Africa and Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Chris Morris is “relieved” to be safely back home after witnessing “chaos” unfold once COVID-19 cases in the IPL bio-bubble came to light. Morris, along with his 10 other South African players have reached home, after the IPL was suspended following six cases of COVID-19 — four players and two coaches from three different teams.

“Look, obviously I’m relieved,” Morris, who is currently undergoing a 10-day mandatory quarantine at home, told iol.co.za. Morris said they came to know about the COVID cases in Kolkata Knight Riders — Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier — on Sunday night.

“The moment we heard that, when players are testing positive, inside the bubble, then everyone starts asking questions. The alarm bells definitely started going off for all of us,” he said. “By Monday when they postponed that game (between Kolkata and Royal Challengers Bangalore), we knew the tournament was under pressure to continue.”

The T20 league was suspended after Sunrisers Hyderabad’s wicketkeeper-batsman Wridhimman Saha and Delhi Capitals’ Amit Mishra tested positive on Tuesday. Later, Chennai Super Kings’ bowling coach L Balaji and batting coach Michael Hussey also contracted the virus.

“I was chatting to our team doctor, whose room was across the hallway from my mine in the hotel, and Kumar (Sangakarra, the Royals’ head coach) came around the corner, and drew his finger across his throat, and then we knew it was over,” said Morris.

“And then it was chaos! The England guys especially were panicking because they needed to isolate in hotels in England first, and apparently there weren’t any rooms.” Gerald Coetzee, who was named the replacement for Australian Andrew Tye, had arrived in India only last week and Morris said he tried to comfort the young pacer as he was panicking a bit.

“I know poor Gerald was panicking a bit, I mean he’s only 20 and all this is going on,” said Morris, who was the costliest IPL buy ever with a whopping Rs 16.25 crore contract. “I tried to keep him under my wing a bit and made sure he was ready when the 12.30am pick up came at the hotel. It was eerie, it was just a handful of us in that whole hotel at the time.”

There was criticism of the league happening at a time when a devastating health crisis was unfolding outside the bubble with more than 3000 people dying everyday in India. “For me, this was always a two-fold thing; on the one hand we’re playing a tournament, all happy and smiling in a bubble, while outside so many people are suffering,” Morris said.

“On the flip side of it, there was the fact that by playing, we were ensuring people actually stayed at home, watched us and at least had something to smile about or something else to think about – even if it was being unhappy with how we played in a game – for three hours each night.”

https://www.cricketcountry.com/news...hris-morris-on-covid-in-ipl-bio-bubble-981591

 

[Technics 1210]

^ And before people take it other way, let me reiterate that I totally agree morally it looks bad to host the tournament with so many people dieing.

Then again, its very easy for us to sit here and talk about morals. But when you are running a multi million business, morals take a back seat.

Is it morally correct to telecast Netflix shows in India when people are dieing on streets? No

Is it morally correct to release bollywood movies amidst this tragedy? No

Let me give you an example, two days after 9/11, WWE decided to carry on with their show and didnt cancel thinking of the victims. Heck, Vince also didnt cancel their ppv when Owen Hart died on the same night.

So businesses dont care much about morals and neither did IPL. They continued as long as it was safe and when breach happened, they scrap the tournament.

Not sure why BCCI or IPL being criticized here.

Dear Lord. Comparing a terrorist attack to a virus pandemic.

A single day of deaths in one country compared with the 450+ consecutive days of deaths worldwide.

You got to hand it to Modi logic.

Then we wonder why India is in such a mess.

Kiya baat he.

 

[silentkiller187]

^ And before people take it other way, let me reiterate that I totally agree morally it looks bad to host the tournament with so many people dieing.

Then again, its very easy for us to sit here and talk about morals. But when you are running a multi million business, morals take a back seat.

Is it morally correct to telecast Netflix shows in India when people are dieing on streets? No

Is it morally correct to release bollywood movies amidst this tragedy? No

Let me give you an example, two days after 9/11, WWE decided to carry on with their show and didnt cancel thinking of the victims. Heck, Vince also didnt cancel their ppv when Owen Hart died on the same night.

So businesses dont care much about morals and neither did IPL. They continued as long as it was safe and when breach happened, they scrap the tournament.

Not sure why BCCI or IPL being criticized here.

Vince is probably as money hungry as they come similar to BCCI so good example. Both decisions were heavily criticized by most of the public may i add.

 

[ChTab]

IPL 2021: Rajasthan Royals Support Staff Reveals What Happened After Tournament Was Postponed

Rajasthan Royals took to Instagram to give their fans a sneak peek into what transpired after the franchise got to know about the news of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 being postponed. In the video, Rajasthan Royals support staff spoke about the atmosphere around the camp and termed it as "complete chaos". "It was complete chaos for the next three to four hours. Before any state borders are closed for the domestic players. The challenge was with the international guys on how they are going to go back because India was put on the red list (due to rising Covid cases)," Arjun Dev, Rajasthan Royals Team Coordinator, said.

Their team manager said that the franchise supported the decision by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to indefinitely postpone the T20 tournament as it was a "good decision" with the situation starting to get "out of control".

"The BCCI took a decision (to postpone IPL) because the situation is going out of control and before it gets worse, they took this wise decision and I am with them," the RR team manager said.


He also mentioned that the BCCI also provided charter flights for players to reach home safely.

"It took us an hour to figure out who is doing what, who will handle the domestic flights and who will take care of the overseas players. I want to mention that the BCCI did a great job by arranging some charters and everything," he added.

On Saturday, Rajasthan Royals took to Twitter to announce that majority of their players have reached their homes while others have departed from Delhi with negative Covid reports.

https://sports.ndtv.com/ipl-2021/in...happened-after-ipl-2021-was-postponed-2438198