Flat tracks in Ranji matches a concern
High scoring encounters on flat tracks where bowlers stand no chance, and high profile matches played a neutral venues that have failed to draw crowds, have adversely affected the Ranji Trophy competition, writes Bobilli Vijay Kumar in the Times of
Siddhartha Talya
High scoring encounters on flat tracks where bowlers stand no chance, and high profile matches played a neutral venues that have failed to draw crowds, have adversely affected the Ranji Trophy competition, writes Bobilli Vijay Kumar in the Times of India.
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The matches puffed and heaved till the final evening but the verdict was out on the first morning itself: in India, batsmen are kings; everybody else immaterial. Runs were there for the taking and it was just a question of not losing one's patience or interest. Inevitably, the ball cried as the bat danced.
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It isn't just about the absence of any semblance of competition though: why were the stands littered with ghosts, rather than real people? Why wasn't there any excitement despite the presence of at least a handful of stars?
Siddhartha Talya is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo
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