BCCI finds solution for overseas defeats
India have not won an overseas Test since June 2011 but the BCCI have found a way around it to keep the team high in the Test rankings and increase profits - reduce tours and play more at home, says Sandeep Dwivedi in the Indian Express
24-Feb-2014
India have not won an overseas Test since June 2011 but the BCCI have found a way around it to keep the team high in the Test rankings and increase profits - reduce tours and play more at home. The scrapping of the FTP will make it all possible, writes Sandeep Dwivedi in the Indian Express.
We will have more wins at home, top ranking, time for auctions and an undisturbed IPL slot. We will also have batsmen who score 200s in ODIs, Test batsmen sitting on record run piles and spinners on the top of the ranking charts. So what if the batsmen will continue to show a lack of patience or skill while playing the rising ball and the bowlers will remain one dimensional. We have never won a series in Australia and South Africa, and perhaps we never will. But, thanks to our administrators, we will remain a few rungs above them on the power list. It's time officials got their due.