ICC world cup has become a cynosure, among the experts along with spectators and IPL has become a thing of oblivion, for the cricket audience that they now have, to switch on to national loyalties, which bring much more passion from them. In this article we would shuttle through some latest news regarding T 20 World Cup, which has been making the headlines.
Recently array of experts picked their favourites, for this year world cup, where indubitably majority of experts made it clear, that India is a safer bet and the people who were corroborating this idea are Sanjay Manjerakar, Anil Kumble, Sachin Tendulkar and a surprise entrant has been clearly South African coach, Mickey Arthur, who said, that India is one of the most ominous teams in the competition.
He quickly added, that his side is no lesser than India, where it was obvious with the fact, that majority of him team players made a huge presence in IPL but he would still keep a close eye on India, as tournament progress along.
Meanwhile the tournament director Steve Ellsworthy made it clear, that they would not fiddle the same mistake, which they did in previous years world cup and price the tickets, for the most affordable rates, so that they can fulfil the objective of bringing in newer audience, to the game.
He also emphasized on the fact that youngsters would be charged considerably less, that even for a final it would not be about 10 pounds, so that they can succeed in bringing families into the game, which would be crucial, in deciding the success of the tournament.
In the time, when experts have advocated the supremacy of test cricket over the rampant Twenty 20, Australian coach Tim Nielsen has called for some deference, from authorities of cricket, to be shown over this format. He said that one has to accept the facts, that T 20 is a fad and there is no point in squeezing it into exhibition matches, which has become a custom in a tour calendar.
Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram showed some strong allegiance, as he was confident that Pakistan would lift the coveted trophy, as they are the team, which had formidable rest and also hunger, to flaunt their skills, after a debacle of cricket calendar, they had off late. He along with Sanjay Manjerakar, also expressed that incessant schedule of cricket, which India had would have some negative impact on the performance of the players.
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