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In sports like Baseball, Soccer, American Football and Basketball - the leagues are structured such that 90% of the sport is played locally and 10% or even less in most cases Internationally. With the current International calendar being such, it would be difficult for such league games to be played for more than 2 months in a year.
Money will talk and change behaviors. Since ICC is nothing but a group of cricket playing countries, the International schedule will change the day after the BCCI person starts, "You know, we have been thinking about this whole International schedule..."
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Thanks for your comment. You make a very astute point and you missed making one. A typical cricket watcher doesn't really understand the nuances of the game. He or, increasingly, she wants to be part of the hype and hoopla. It is true that one good knock by a local boy will get him instant fame. The opportunity to attain fame and good fortune is now more democratic instead of being concentrated in the same 11 usual suspects that the country endured for long.
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I don't think outsiders playing for the local teams really matters. There is ample evidence from US and Europe that locals will quickly start to identify with the imported players as their own and helping them win the tournament. Imagine Rohit Sharma playing for Deccan Chargers going out and thrashing the brash but untalented Bangalore Royal Challengers or the rich but weak-hearted Mumbai Indians. It won't be long before the locals start adoring Rohit and sure enough he will get all wrapped up in the adulation and affection, giving out interviews, trash-talking the opposing teams.
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In Twenty20 a team needs slog support during the mid-overs (precisely overs 5 to 9) and then the acceleration beyond the 65% run rate inflection after the 12th over at a marginally reducing loss count. If you observe closely the composition of both the teams, the Hyderabad team was put together precisely to chase past the cut-loss gap. The Chennai team seems to be composed to create drag but the pitches on which they are playing it is not valuable, especially in Mohali.
That is why I think Hyderabad will win.
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Julia,
Too much of anything is not necessarily bad. Football in US in fall is too much of something good -- pro football, college football, high school football -- and people can't get enough of it. Same with basketball. Soccer in Europe and in Latin America...same obsession. The thing about these sports is that affection and attention of people is divided among multiple teams instead of the whole nation raving over the same 11 usual suspects.
My point...is that soon it would be immaterial if the Indian team is good or bad. It wouldn't matter. What would matter is the flights, foibles and fortunes of the local teams.
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But it is ultimately entertainment that people are after. This simple fact is somehow lost on purists who somehow feel cricket is -- or ought to be -- exempt from the laws of economics and mass entertainment.
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IPL: Let the games begin
"In Twenty20 a team needs slog support during the mid-overs (precisely overs 5 to 9) and then the acceleration beyond the 65% run rate inflection after the 12th over at a marginally reducing loss count. If you observe closely the composition of both the teams, the Hyderabad team was put together precisely to chase past the cut-loss gap. The Chennai team seems to be composed to create drag but the pitches on which they are playing it is not valuable, especially in Mohali.
That is why I think Hyderabad will win."
Someone said this comment of mine is not entirely comprehensible. Actually, it makes no sense at all. Just made it up to prove a point... which is that the fights and controversies have started.
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