ICC always favours India, which is a known truth. ICC is under the political influence from the ruling government. Everytime there arises some controversy, the government does politics out of it and convert the people into votes. ICC needs to be allowed to function without the political pressure. If that happens surely we don't see such problems arising.
ICC goes with the majority opinion. Out of the 10 test nations apart from India and Pakistan, how any would actually side openly with Pakistan? So we can't really blame the ICC. Even last month, the BCCI got their proxy (Greg Barclay) elected as the chairman of the ICC. Boards such as the PCB couldn't even put up a candidate against the BCCI proxy. The way to move forward is to include more teams with test status. But if they give test status to teams such as UAE and Oman, then once again it will give more power to the BCCI.
I don’t know about any government, but I am sure that ICC is certainly under the influence of the Indian cricket board. Because the Indian cricket board brings in the most amount of money for them. So, I believe that they are often quite scared to lose the most amount of revenue which is generated by the BCCI. So probably ICC has to favor India in some cases, even if they do not want to.
The way to move forward is to include more teams with test status. But if they give test status to teams such as UAE and Oman, then once again it will give more power to the BCCI.
Lol that's funny. Ireland and Afghanistan are now full members and how many tests these guys have played? Just 9 in last 5 years.
What's the benefit of giving full test nation status to everyone when they are not even playing, Unless you are looking for funding.
Funding is important but if anyone wants to support new teams then ICC funding should be diverted toward LOIs (white ball), not Test format.
I also think that ICC should concentrate on finding shorter formats of cricket. Because this cricket is already a lost cause. No one is going to be able to bring back the glory days of test cricket. T-20 is really popular right now. And before ODI loses its popularity, ICC should do something about it. But I think the main concentration should be in the T-20 format. Because that is the only format that will actually be able to bring in new teams.