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November 19th, 2008 by kapoorBCCI has issued a new dictum. They now want the scheduled Test match to be played between India and England to begin later by a day. All this trouble so as to guarantee that the much-admired Indian skipper, MS Dhoni, would be available to play in the forthcoming Champions Twenty20 finals. This is despite the fact that there is not guaranteeing the fact that India would actually be in the finals!! It does feel good to dictate terms to others when you have all the money and power in the world and the BCCI knows it. In fact, they have known this for quite some time; it is only now that they have started taking advantage of this fact.
The BCCI has requested England to delay the scheduled Ahmedabad Test to be played on December 12th 2008 instead of December 11th 2008. There are reports that England and Wales Cricket Board — ECB isn’t likely to undertake this request as it would reduce the rest period between the test matches for its players. Dhoni being in-charge of the IPL franchise — Chennai Super Kings, is looked upon as the major attraction for this tournament and there is no denying his popularity but should his presence be turned into something more important than two test-playing nations playing an international Test match?
Most probably the BCCI is very confident of the Kings reaching the final or is it just wishful thinking or do they have their participation fixed?
One the other hand, England’s cricket players face perhaps the longest and most anxiously awaited 3 weeks of their cricketing careers as their participation in the IPL and the loads of promised goodies that come with it is under consideration. There is a meeting being held in Mumbai to turn out a solution to this problem. Modi — the architect of the IPL wants that England’s players are available for the much-touted and lucrative T20 Tournament from April 10th to May 29th but the ECB are hell-bent on making sure that the scheduled Test series against Sri Lanka is given first priority. Controversies galore and one thing stands out — Money Does Make the Cricketing World Go Round.
