Cricket South Africa has conned India

The one-off Twenty20 between South Africa and India is a sell-out. India are sending a full-strength squad, the hosts have rested key players, jetlagged after New Zealand. Firdose Moonda writes in the Times that Cricket South Africa has shown curious disrespect to their Indian counterparts by naming an under-strength team.

It serves as an illustration that Cricket SA has not always understood that cricket is its product. Its job is to provide the best product available, nothing less. From a monetary perspective and as a party for the fans, the T20 match will be a great success. To the critical eye, it will be another event in which Cricket SA has failed to gain ground in the good publicity stakes, something it steps further away from too often.