The foreign effect
The prospect of inviting foreign players to particiapte in India's domestic circuit will certainly raise the standards and not jeopardise the local talent, feels Makarand Waingankar
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
The prospect of inviting foreign players to particiapte in India's domestic circuit will certainly raise the standards and not jeopardise the local talent, feels Makarand Waingankar. The success of the English football clubs is one such example. Read the full piece in The Hindu.
Four West Indies fast bowlers Roy Gilchrist, Lester King, Chester Watson and Sven Conrad `Charlie' Stayers were invited to play in different zones in 1962 and it had a tremendous impact on youngsters watching those bowlers.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo