Friday, February 26, 2010

cricket board is richest... play grounds are poorest...


Hi friends...
after cheering up 'Sachin da' for his extra ordinary double ton, let's come to reality about the future cricket in India. We might have heard many a time that our BCCI is the richest cricket board in the world, thanks to the cricket fever in India. Well, let us be proud for a while. But what makes us worry about being proud is ... the bcci is not showing any interest in developing the grounds. perhaps the board is too busy in counting the money it is gaining. In such a vast country like India... there is no scarcity for the talent. But where are the fecilities to the young cricketers at ground level.? We know that so many matches are played daily at school level in leagues. But at least can we find a single ground that is worthy of playing a match ? In hyderabad almost all the school league matches are played on the mats only and not on pitches. You can find hardly one are two pitches that are worthy of playing. When a boy is practiced on mats instead of pitches how can we expect him to perform in future..? More over, is there any ground with grown grass... so that our kids can improve fielding techniques. ? All the grounds are made up of sand or 'gachchu' which make the kids fall down and prown to injuries. In these conditions how can we expect the quality players to come up..?

Regarding the fees the bcci is paying... For the matches of state level a boy is paid rs.5000/ as pocket money. Imagine how much money and time could have been spent to reach up to the state level. Even there is no joy of taking that fees as earning since much of that goes to the coaches only. What if the player can not grow to the state level..? Is he given any priorities in the jobs..? the answer is no.
Hence the arguement is... there should be some encouragement to develop professionalism among the cricketers. First step is ... assurance of future for those who take cricket as a profession. The second step is ... match feeses should be paid by the bcci even at the league levels and substantial increase in match fees at state and national level. And finally, 20% of the bcci income must be spent on the improvement and maintainenance of the grounds.
I conclude, unless these revolutionary steps are taken up... the present trend of growth in cricket will soon decline.

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