‘I don’t play for the camera, I am not scared of anything’

After an indifferent Test series, Sreesanth is not in the Indian ODI side playing a seven-match series in England, but he's not short on confidence. Back home in Kochi, Sreesanth says he has a point to prove again, in South Africa, with the Twenty20 side. Read his interview in the Indian Express.

In his column for the same newspaper, Harsha Bhogle says that the Indian board (BCCI) may be forced to look at the reality of Indian cricket in the eye rather than offer it a bored, distracted glance. A good Indian Cricket League (ICL) debut will be good for Indian cricket and best for the BCCI, he feels.

All sport has to be about three things. Revenues and therefore, profits; the players; and the spectators. Normally, in a good competitive environment, the first of those should derive from the second and the third.

If the players are well prepared and play good cricket, the spectators and viewers come in and revenues rise. But in a monopoly, you don’t have to worry too much about players and spectators; just as Indian Airlines didn’t need to worry too much about passengers. But if the ICL does reasonably well, and provides the players and the spectators with an option, the BCCI will be forced to think about them; like Indian Airlines had to with the arrival of private carriers.