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The Prince of Kolkata slams BCCI for not doing enough to balance club versus country

The ongoing country versus club debate just about got a bit more intriguing. Former India captain and the man behind the massive turnaround in Indian cricket since the start of the new millennium, Sourav Ganguly feels the BCCI should know to draw a fine balance and there is no pint blaming the players

Kolkata: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly today differed from Arjuna Ranatunga’s take on IPL being a "monster" but at the same time stressed that "country always comes first."

"Always country comes first but at the same time you need to draw a fine balance. It’s for the Board maintain a balance between international assignments and IPL. Don’t forget IPL is a product of BCCI," the former captain told the reporters at a promotional event here today.

About the debate that the injury management of the players have left a lot to be desired, he said that the tournament needs big names like Tendulkar, Sehwag, Warne.

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KOCHI: The first one-dayer between India and Australia was called off without a ball being bowled due to heavy rains on Sunday.

Incessant rains for the last few days resulted in a wet outfield and fresh downpour in the morning, forced match referee Chris Broad to abandon the match.

The umpires inspected the conditions at 9:00 am but found the areas near the bowlers’ run-up and a few parts near the boundary lines quite damp.

They were scheduled to carry out a second inspection at 11:00 am but after the fresh drizzle hitting the port city at around 10:20 am, Broad decided to abandon the opening encounter.

The officials were of the view that with all the water already on the field, it was impossible to play.

Though, it was not raining at the time of toss, but the wet outfield caused due to persistent rain in the last few days, delayed the start of play at Jawaharlal Nehru stadium.

Groundsmen were making efforts to make the field dry for play but the heavy downpour again meant covers were brought back on the ground.

Both India and Australia players were indoors at the hotel and it was decided that after second inspection of the pitch and outfield by match referee Broad, they would be asked to leave the hotel for the ground.

The teams now travel to Visakhapatnam for the second one-dayer on October 20.

The organisers have decided to refund the cost of tickets bought by the 30,000-odd spectators.

Kochi has been witnessing heavy downpour since last Thursday which washed out the practice sessions of both the teams.

The Indian and Australian team members had reached Kochi on Thursday after the second Test in Bangalore, which the host won. India had also won the first Test at Mohali.

Source: The Time of India

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