Javed Miandad and Wasim Akram not happy with IPL
April 18th, 2008Former Pakistan captains including Javed Miandad and Wasim Akram, who feel the cash-rich Twenty20 competition has begun to damage the international cricket calendar - The Hindu reported today.
“The IPL has already started hurting the international calendar and in the long run it will encourage more private parties and organisations to come in and start their own leagues if they have big money to roll,” he said on Friday.
Miandad said the IPL would create a divide in international cricket and feared players would be willing to sacrifice their international careers to play for more money in the the BCCI-backed league.
“People are comparing the IPL with the Kerry Packer series in the late ’70s. But these are two totally different things. The Packer series was held when players were paid ridiculously low wages,” Miandad said.
“The Packer circus brought in new concepts into international cricket which were beneficial in the long run and it forced the boards to improve pay structures to a reasonable level. The figures being quoted by the IPL organisers are ridiculously high,” he said.
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Miandad said when the International Cricket Council had decided to host the Twenty20 World Championship every alternate year, there was no room for a private league.
Akram also raised an alarm in a television interview, saying the IPL could prove to be a negative distraction for international players as they could end up preferring to play in private leagues than for their national teams.
True everyone has their point of view but one should not be blind to the fact that such tournaments also helps players and cultures break barriers like Hayden said and also bring out the best in the field.
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April 18th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
the present trends of ICL will be atractive inthe begining but it will defientely destroyand harm the present existing cricket culture..surely it will loose its charm with the repeated matches and no one will enjoy and feel the proud of any great moment of this game as it is a “KICHIDI” teams constituting all different players from different nations. How I can enjoy if anyother country’s player smashes indian bowler ..?
If it is a competition among teams of different countries we will be aallunite and cheer for India…it it not ?
think afterall it is not all money about ?
April 18th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
THE APPREHENSION OF BOTH THE FORMER PLAYERS IS UNDERSTANDACLE
KARRY PACKER BOUGHT LOT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY , FORMATS & ALSO NEW CRICKET FANS
YESTERDAYS OPENING IPL MATCH WAS VICTORY WHAT MONEY & PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT CAN DO ANYWHERE EVEN IN T20
IT ICC HAS TO SURVIVE IT HAS TO RECOGNISE THE POWER OF NEW FORMATS IT BETTER PICK UP A FEW LESSONS FROM HERE
YO CANT STOP AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME & COME WITH A THUMP!!!
April 18th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
These guys wake up or go to sleep.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:28 am
CHANGE IS THE KEY FOR ALL FORMS OF GAME, THESE GUYS HAVE THE BUS, WHY SD OTHERS…..
April 21st, 2008 at 8:45 am
I’m quite confident that IPL cricket would boost the world cricket in terms of developing new skillful players around the world, introduction of leagues in the cricket playing countries, competition of selling, buying, transfering players, good income for the players as in the world soccer leagues etc.
Just see soccer as an example. There are great soccer leagues in the world but international soccer is least affected. Therefore, I wouldn’t say the international cricket would have a bad impact due to IPL League. Instead, it would benefit the world cricket in every aspect. IPL organizers..keep up the great work!