Yes sunil said something similar.
I think they paid the ecb some money to let the English players play the whole ipl.
In that case they have duped them
All the boards take a cut..nothing to do with ECB overall.
If that’s the case then yes strategies of teams do get affected..
yeah they did but its not the right thing to prioritize any league over ur national duty.
Commercially it’s most viable and in line with most modern day sports. I believe they should get rid of the ODIs.
That will reduce the chances of producing half decent test cricketers. Everyone will start practicing slogging as you don't have to bat for half a day. You just have to slog for 20 balls. You are a "talent". Eventually teams will be filled with low quality sloggers with power of bowlers completely taken away.
I agree that will destroy beauty of the sport, but haven’t we already? Hasn’t ODI become a run fest anyway? They have already taken the charm out of ODI cricket, might as well kill it now.
NZ had no issue with their players missing. England also has no issue. It is purely Buttler's call as per Rob key. ECB never enforced their players to come back. So there won't be any tussle between ECB and BCCI.I think the reasoning is simple. The fans seem to be very passionate about their teams and the league. Only that will trigger people to be upset. The reaction is hardly surprising given the success and following of IPL. Reactions seem to be from the fans and not the owners. That bodes very well for IPL.
Interesting take. So you are saying things in cricket will change starting end of June? Who is taking over from the BCCI?
Ego triggered. They are coping with showing arrogance.
I remember this one. I think it was Haroon Lorgat vs the BCCI.
What the hell do you know! Once the PCB starts organising PSL during the same window as IPL, international players will flock in droves towards the former leaving the latter to dust. Anyone with sense can smell the death of IPL, and with it the crippling of the BCCI.6. Last but not the least, it is 2024 and Pak players are still banned in the daddy league
Few pointers from me on this topic:
1. Indians are upset with English players leaving is an exaggerated title as only Irfan Pathan & Gavaskar raised this concern. So based on the opinion on these two former players and perhaps few people on twitter, I won't generalize as 'Indians are upset'.
2. Even though almost English players were failed spectacularly in this IPL, the beauty of franchise sport is team manager chalks out plan based on the resources they have been given. Now if suddenly players starts pulling out when critical knock out games are approaching, it derails their overall plan. If I were Rajasthan Royals coach I have all the right to be unhappy that Jos Butler leaves during eliminator and they have to find a new opener.
3. National duty comes first is a myth that has been propagated here. We just saw how NZ players this season or SA/WI or even Aussie players in the past gave a laath (kick) to that logic and choose IPL. The point is cricketers don't represent their country per se but rather their cricket board. Indian players plays for BCCI, Pak for PCB, Englsh for ECB so on and so forth and gets paid in return. They national tag is attached to give it a more emotional touch but at the end of the day every sports person plays for money. If IPL pays them more, they have all the right to choose their franchise over their cricket board. You simply can't question their patriotism then. There is a reason Karim Benzema was practicing for Real Madrid when France was busy preparing for World cup final.
4. IPL gets a window from ICC where boards whose players are participating should not organize international matches. If this series was organized as a last minute thing and BCCI was not privy to it, that will be dealt accordingly.
5. IPL also has to take some blame for running a tournament for 3 month. You can totally understand why players would feel fatigued and want to return home at the first call. The tournament should not be more than 45 days in my view.
6. Last but not the least, it is 2024 and Pak players are still banned in the daddy league
I think its only fair if IPL bans english players. How dare they disrespect IPL? I am sure BCCI, the world’s richest all powerful board wont let this slide. Ban for 5 years or BCCI doesnt have spine.
Only relevant franchise owners may be upset. Especially Royals as he is one of the key components for Royals. Buttler has scored over 3000 runs for the Royals over the year. Salt will be missed. But their team is too strong. RCB will miss Jacks. But they are not even qualified yet. The only reason you see such posts is because some Pakistan journalists to get Twitter impressions, needle Indians with posts like English players prefer Pakistan to IPL. In reality, their absence is relevant only for 2 teams.
I don't know why the pakistani journalist is getting the blame when irfan pathan who I belive is an indian made the twitter post and also sunio gavaskar said something too
Seems like a hysteria has been whipped up by some BCCI stooges then. They presented the argument in a way that made England look at fault.
Irfan pathan needles them as well. So he is not representation of Indian fans.
Gavaskar has lost his mojo because he is 75? Even Modi will turn 75 next year and we have started hearing obnoxious statements from him already.
England players earning form IPL is so huge that they can organised a PSL session with their salary
What will players do if their boards don't permit them to play when they are on national duty? Give up international cricket for the IPL?
India ain't get bankrupt due a match, why would they go back.
PSL doesn't even came in top 5 cricket league in the world when its come to player salary
