India are the paymasters of cricket, says Geoffrey Boycott - Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 pose to be the financial hub for International cricket and if the team sinks, the whole cricket will suffer. He argues that the nerve-crushing defeat, which team England have inflicted on India,
is likely to have serious repercussions on the other cricketing nations.
Boycott has outpoured these views in an article for The Telegraph after India’s ignominious failure to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in the npower Test series, and the subsequent loss of their No 1 position in International Test cricket rankings.
The former batsman is of the view that this sudden demise of the Men in Blue has badly disappointed their fans at home and abroad and they are getting fed up from this mess. He fears that this trend may mitigate the TV viewership of Team India’s matches
and thus take away the current lavish sponsorships.
Geoffrey has also quoted the statements of some of the dejected fans in his write-up. He writes, “Why should we watch this rubbish. when there will be another one-day tournament or 20-over thrash along in a minute?"
The cricketer turned analyst has also revealed that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) launches auctions of coverage rights for the broadcasters before its team’s International series or tournaments and these broadcasters fund the other nations
India plays with.
Geoffrey delineates that if the angry Indian fans, who take cricket as their religion, change their interests and priorities, the International cricket will have to experience a severe slump in terms of financial losses.
He described that the Poms’ victory celebrations may prove to be hazardous for the future of Test cricket as they have heartened the team which fills the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597 of international cricket.
There is no denying the fact that the BCCI is the cash shower for the game as team India has the highest viewership ratio at the global level. Moreover, India’s rapidly flourishing industrial sector has put its sponsorship umbrella on the cricket.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is the biggest example of India’s cash flow in the world.
On the basis of these ground realities, the reservations of Boycott hold water.
Boycott played 108 Tests and 36 ODIs before getting retired in 1982.
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