Changing Times for International Cricket

International cricket is therefore at an interesting inflection point where the players are gravitating towards franchise T20 tournaments around the world. The ICC and the member boards with its classic visionary approach are looking elsewhere. The ICC calendar for the next eight years have a number of ODI tournaments including World Cup and Champions Trophy.

Someone somewhere has dropped the ball which has resulted in T20 cricket taking over the globe, while the administrators are still stuck in a time warp.

The only country not bothered by any of these changes is India, because no current cricketer is allowed to play franchise cricket anywhere in the world unless they retire. That seems very unlikely in the short term because of so much at stake for them within India.

The other boards too have plenty to gain by letting their players play in the IPL because they get a percentage of the fee that the players make.

So, it is a win win for all in the end.

The only people suffering in the bargain are the fans for whom this whole charade is played out. They want nation vs nation cricket, but the sport is pushing for itself to be a franchise-based concept.

Guess the evil Indian cricket money is not bad after all.