Disappointing news for the BCCI. Viacom18 won the auction for BCCI media rights (all of the international and domestic matches hosted by BCCI in India). They will be paying a total of ₹5963 crore for the 2023-27 cycle, while last time Disney Star had paid a total of ₹6138 crore. In USD terms, the difference is much higher ($720 million vs $944 million).
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/bcci-media-rights-viacom18-wins-digital-and-tv-rights-for-five-years-1395325
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I guess we are talking about the facilities in Indian cricket stadiums. Well, I would not recommend uploading those pictures on social media as it may bring a bad name to the country. Maybe one can take the pictures and inform the relevant authorities rather then making them public and those pics may act as an insult to the country.
I guess we are talking about the facilities in Indian cricket stadiums. Well, I would not recommend uploading those pictures on social media as it may bring a bad name to the country. Maybe one can take the pictures and inform the relevant authorities rather then making them public and those pics may act as an insult to the country.
LOL.. why should posting the pictures tarnish the reputation of the country? In that case there are thousands of Twitter users who post the pictures of potholes in roads and filthy railway platforms. All of them should be told not to do it? Doing so is the only way to get the authorities act on this issue. If you just send the pictures to the relevant people, they will just ignore it and continue doing what they are doing right now. After all, government jobs and those in sports bodies are in high demand in India because the employees hardly work and get huge amount of bribes on top of their salary.
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My point of view is that even a small issue is being presented as a big in the media and there must be hundreds of good facilities but people never talked about them.
My point of view is that even a small issue is being presented as a big in the media and there must be hundreds of good facilities but people never talked about them.
Well.. I can agree with your argument. Personally during the last one and half decades, I had mixed experiences with different sports venues in India (not just talking about cricket, but also other sports such as football and athletics). A majority of these facilities were well maintained, although crowd management was inexistent almost everywhere. But once in a while, the entire experience was ruined as a result of poorly maintained facilities where the washrooms were not clean and security arrangement was not up to the mark.
I can understand that one bad experience can ruin your feelings and you may not be willing to go and watch the match live again in the stadium. (or maybe only in that particular stadium)
@noormc5 luckily all stadiums I been around worldwide were clean and if you have a valid ticket then you can ask the toilet to be cleaned there is no need to suffer. Furthermore in a digital age if anyone encounters such toilets then all they need to do is upload the pics on Twitter and soon it’ll go trending and due to the fear of public backlash I expect stadiums toilets to be clean these days.
I guess we are talking about the facilities in Indian cricket stadiums. Well, I would not recommend uploading those pictures on social media as it may bring a bad name to the country. Maybe one can take the pictures and inform the relevant authorities rather then making them public and those pics may act as an insult to the country.
Agreed. Managing the crowds in top sports like cricket, football etc is a nightmare. I recall reading a particular horror story recently where Indonesian football fans were involved in a crush which actually killed many people.
This is why I prefer watching sports from the comfort of my home in 4k risk-free.
This is why I prefer watching sports from the comfort of my home in 4k risk-free.
I have the same opinion as well. During the last 15 years, I have attended sports events only 4-5 times. Indian public are more or less tolerant to being treated like shit inside the stadiums. I had a couple of bad experiences in the past and after that I decided to watch the matches on TV rather than doing so in the stadiums. To get an experience, it is OK. You will be in a crowd of tens of thousands of people and you get a chance to watch your favorite players in front of you. Apart from that, it is not worth the time and energy.
A majority of these facilities were well maintained, although crowd management was inexistent almost everywhere. But once in a while, the entire experience was ruined as a result of poorly maintained facilities where the washrooms were not clean and security arrangement was not up to the mark.
Agreed. Managing the crowds in top sports like cricket, football etc is a nightmare. I recall reading a particular horror story recently where Indonesian football fans were involved in a crush which actually killed many people.This is why I prefer watching sports from the comfort of my home in 4k risk-free.
There are cloakrooms near the entrance where you need to deposit all the items that are not permitted inside (obviously the service is not free). My biggest issue is with the washrooms and toilets. Despite paying huge amounts for purchasing the ticket, even those who hold passes to the high-end areas of the stands have to deal with toilets that are not well maintained. And in case you are in for an ODI match, which lasts for 7-8 hours, it is impossible to not to use the toilet. I have heard many horror stories, and in the worst cases toilets were not fit for usage by humans.
Horror stories regarding the washroom in cricket stadiums
You are making me scary.By the way, have you yourself witnessed a bad experience because sometimes people just exaggerate while the reality is otherwise? I don't believe that in all the stadiums and in the sections of the stadium this would be a problem. Yeah, there might be some bad incidents but that should not be taken as feedback for the overall condition of the facilities in the stadium.
My point of view is that even a small issue is being presented as a big in the media and there must be hundreds of good facilities but people never talked about them.
@noormc5 luckily all stadiums I been around worldwide were clean and if you have a valid ticket then you can ask the toilet to be cleaned there is no need to suffer. Furthermore in a digital age if anyone encounters such toilets then all they need to do is upload the pics on Twitter and soon it’ll go trending and due to the fear of public backlash I expect stadiums toilets to be clean these days.
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My point of view is that even a small issue is being presented as a big in the media and there must be hundreds of good facilities but people never talked about them.
My point of view is that even a small issue is being presented as a big in the media and there must be hundreds of good facilities but people never talked about them.
Well.. I can agree with your argument. Personally during the last one and half decades, I had mixed experiences with different sports venues in India (not just talking about cricket, but also other sports such as football and athletics). A majority of these facilities were well maintained, although crowd management was inexistent almost everywhere. But once in a while, the entire experience was ruined as a result of poorly maintained facilities where the washrooms were not clean and security arrangement was not up to the mark.
There are cloakrooms near the entrance where you need to deposit all the items that are not permitted inside (obviously the service is not free). My biggest issue is with the washrooms and toilets. Despite paying huge amounts for purchasing the ticket, even those who hold passes to the high-end areas of the stands have to deal with toilets that are not well maintained. And in case you are in for an ODI match, which lasts for 7-8 hours, it is impossible to not to use the toilet. I have heard many horror stories, and in the worst cases toilets were not fit for usage by humans.
Horror stories regarding the washroom in cricket stadiums
You are making me scary.By the way, have you yourself witnessed a bad experience because sometimes people just exaggerate while the reality is otherwise? I don't believe that in all the stadiums and in the sections of the stadium this would be a problem. Yeah, there might be some bad incidents but that should not be taken as feedback for the overall condition of the facilities in the stadium.
My point of view is that even a small issue is being presented as a big in the media and there must be hundreds of good facilities but people never talked about them.
^^ And if the news is true then at the same time 7-8 Dutch players were not available for the qualifier matches because Counties refused to release them.
This makes their achievement more inspiring and interesting.
This makes their achievement more inspiring and interesting.
Tamim Iqbal's retirement announcement
Retirement lasted for 24 hours. 
Yes it's true in the ICC Cricket World Cup qualifiers Scotland and Netherlands played very well even they played better than some other teams.
Scotland may be underdeveloped so they are not given a match schedule against other full members but if Scotland can keep up the good work they can prove that the Scotland cricket team deserves to compete with full members.
If you say it's cruel, it's not about cruelty for a country that is associated with cricket, but that's actually what is happening.
I was comparing the performance of Scotland and Netherlands with some of the full members like West Indies and Ireland. IMO, they performed much better when compared to these full member nations. The ICC needs to consider giving them full member status, because they have proved their worth. The very fact that Netherlands managed to qualify for the world cup in place of West Indies is a slap to the face of the ICC. They designed this 10-team format in order to keep the associates out. And one associate team still managed to get in. Scotland may be underdeveloped so they are not given a match schedule against other full members but if Scotland can keep up the good work they can prove that the Scotland cricket team deserves to compete with full members.
If you say it's cruel, it's not about cruelty for a country that is associated with cricket, but that's actually what is happening.
ICC should be giving more concentration towards the associate nations. Otherwise, the associate nations are actually going to disappear, just like Kenya. The performance of Scotland and the Netherlands was incredible in this tournament. And I honestly believe that they should be given the status of a full member of the ICC. Even after such a good performance, I don't think that Scotland or Netherlands have any schedule to play against the full members of the ICC any time soon.
That is absolutely a shame. It is also a great shame that they really wanted to keep the associate nations out of the World Cup. Because that would have made them the most amount of money. But this is literally ICC being proven wrong.
I don’t understand what is the problem with the Bangladesh senior players and the Bangladesh cricket board. I am pretty sure that this is the reason why Tamim Iqbal decided to retire. There is no reason for him to retire just three months before the World Cup. And I don’t understand if the players do have an unhealthy relationship with the players, why don’t the cricket board let the coach go and bring some other coach?
This situation has been going on for so long and it still is not fixed. I obviously respect the decision of Tamim Iqbal. But I certainly did want to see him play in the World Cup. He has given the Bangladesh national team a lot. I know that I have said I wanted to see him in the World Cup. But overall I think this was the right decision to make because if he did not perform well in the World Cup there would have been a lot of shit talking about him.
BCB has never been ideal sports organization which create good and positive environment for their players too much interference from politicians and lack of system and cricketing structure is also problem for this country even they are able to done good things but never been anyone interested in this, so we have too many controversies and unhealthy things which are creating problems and also never been allowed this team to have anything good.This situation has been going on for so long and it still is not fixed. I obviously respect the decision of Tamim Iqbal. But I certainly did want to see him play in the World Cup. He has given the Bangladesh national team a lot. I know that I have said I wanted to see him in the World Cup. But overall I think this was the right decision to make because if he did not perform well in the World Cup there would have been a lot of shit talking about him.
This is the worst part of this all situation he suddenly announced before world and Asia Cup and for the management now having a player like him is never been easy because he already had good experience and understanding of International cricket which was helping his country.
In developed countries players announces decisions like these with mutual understanding and also never been in middle of the series if he has any problem he needs to talk with management and then wait for the end of this series which is surely going to be better for the all parties.
First of all, I think at least 20 teams should have full membership of the ACC in total. And in every World Cup, these 20 teams should be able to compete without having to play any kind of qualifier. Then I think we can call it an actual World Cup. I know this will be a little tricky to do in the ODI World Cup. But this can easily be done in the T-20 World Cup for sure. And that's why I said that the ICC should concentrate on the T-20 format a lot more than they are doing right now. They associate nations really sure to be taken seriously by the ACC at this point.
IMO, there should not be two tiers - full membership and associate membership. All the ICC members should have the status of full member. Funding should be done on the basis of performance. If Scotland and Netherlands are performing better than West Indies and Ireland, then the former should get more funds when compared to the latter. There is no excuse in granting $16 million per year to the WICB, when they are consistently losing matches against associate nations. Merit should be taken in to account. P.S.- Remember when I am talking about this, I am not counting the top eight teams.
I think funding should be done based on two things. First of all, is the performance. If you are performing well you will get more money. And the second thing is the amount of native players that you have on the team. The more foreign players you have in the team the less money you are going to get. That is probably going to be the best idea.
And I also say this only for the associate nations and not for the top eight teams, because if we start giving money to the top eight teams just like as the associate nations based on performance, the associate nations are not going to get anything.
Yes it's true in the ICC Cricket World Cup qualifiers Scotland and Netherlands played very well even they played better than some other teams.
Scotland may be underdeveloped so they are not given a match schedule against other full members but if Scotland can keep up the good work they can prove that the Scotland cricket team deserves to compete with full members.
If you say it's cruel, it's not about cruelty for a country that is associated with cricket, but that's actually what is happening.
Scotland may be underdeveloped so they are not given a match schedule against other full members but if Scotland can keep up the good work they can prove that the Scotland cricket team deserves to compete with full members.
If you say it's cruel, it's not about cruelty for a country that is associated with cricket, but that's actually what is happening.
I was comparing the performance of Scotland and Netherlands with some of the full members like West Indies and Ireland. IMO, they performed much better when compared to these full member nations. The ICC needs to consider giving them full member status, because they have proved their worth. The very fact that Netherlands managed to qualify for the world cup in place of West Indies is a slap to the face of the ICC. They designed this 10-team format in order to keep the associates out. And one associate team still managed to get in.
Tamim Iqbal has suddenly decided to retire without playing the upcoming Asia Cup and World Cup tournaments due to such problems with Hathurusingha. Tamim Iqbal should not have taken such a decision in anger at this moment. He could have been patient and ended the series against Afghanistan for the time being, but he took the decision after the first match. As you said Tamim Iqbal is the best opener of Bangladesh and so far Tamim Iqbal has the highest number of centuries for Bangladesh. The announcement of his retirement at this moment is undoubtedly a matter of great sadness for crores of Bangladeshi fans. His decision may have bad effect for Bangladesh in Asia Cup and World Cup.
Tamim Iqbal which was one of the best product from Bangladesh suddenly done a poor decision and now having retirement during the series against Afghanistan after losing first ODI on DLS method even not one is happy with this decision, but now it's all announces and things are going forward I am personally feeling this is the worst thing to happen, but this is also part of this region sports we have many times incidents like these which are never been ideal for the nation and relative teams as well.Few rumors claiming there were differences with coach Hathurusingha which pushed him for this decision now with this most chances their performance is also going down and other players moral will be also at low level if they have any problem then surely they need to talk about this and then have any decision, but suddenly things like these create more mess-up for the fellow players.
Tamim Iqbal's retirement announcement
There is a rumor that Tamim Iqbal has confirmed to the Bangladeshi media that he will not play ODI cricket again and that the first ODI match against Afghanistan was the last match of his career. This matter is very surprising to me because before the retirement of a player, various news media broadcast news about his retirement, in this case he takes the decision to retire suddenly. It is not yet clear why he suddenly took such a decision. He was injured for a long time and lastly he won the series against Ireland so why Tamim Iqbal took such a decision before finishing the series against Afghanistan. Several action-oriented news media and journalists in Bangladesh have confirmed this fact of Tamim.
Tamim Iqbal is regarded was the best opener in the history of Bangladesh cricket. but, timely great decision from International Cricket? There's a lot of controversy, and I prefer don't like go details. However, it is undeniable that Tamim Iqbal is expected to play a crucial role for Bangladesh in both the Asia Cup and the World Cup. Due to lack of connectivity and healthy atmosphere between Captain Tamim Iqbal and head coach Hathurusingha may lead this decision. Lot of rumors are circulating about their relationship, which turn out unhealthy. Such an unhealthy situation may have influenced the decision-making process regarding Tamim's future. Tamim has chosen to retire with dignity and respect. Furthermore, if he believes that he has nothing more to offer to the team, then he certainly has the right to make this decision.There is a rumor that Tamim Iqbal has confirmed to the Bangladeshi media that he will not play ODI cricket again and that the first ODI match against Afghanistan was the last match of his career. This matter is very surprising to me because before the retirement of a player, various news media broadcast news about his retirement, in this case he takes the decision to retire suddenly. It is not yet clear why he suddenly took such a decision. He was injured for a long time and lastly he won the series against Ireland so why Tamim Iqbal took such a decision before finishing the series against Afghanistan. Several action-oriented news media and journalists in Bangladesh have confirmed this fact of Tamim.
After the exceptional performance by Scotland and Netherlands during the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier, will the ICC consider full membership to these two teams? They certainly performed better than Ireland and gave the other full members (Zimbabwe, West Indies and Scotland) a run for their money. And the sad thing about Scotland is that despite performing so well, no matches against full members are scheduled until 2027 (when the next qualifier tournament will take place). It's a cruel world, especially for associate nations in cricket.
Yes it's true in the ICC Cricket World Cup qualifiers Scotland and Netherlands played very well even they played better than some other teams.Scotland may be underdeveloped so they are not given a match schedule against other full members but if Scotland can keep up the good work they can prove that the Scotland cricket team deserves to compete with full members.
If you say it's cruel, it's not about cruelty for a country that is associated with cricket, but that's actually what is happening.
First of all, I think at least 20 teams should have full membership of the ACC in total. And in every World Cup, these 20 teams should be able to compete without having to play any kind of qualifier. Then I think we can call it an actual World Cup. I know this will be a little tricky to do in the ODI World Cup. But this can easily be done in the T-20 World Cup for sure. And that's why I said that the ICC should concentrate on the T-20 format a lot more than they are doing right now. They associate nations really sure to be taken seriously by the ACC at this point.
IMO, there should not be two tiers - full membership and associate membership. All the ICC members should have the status of full member. Funding should be done on the basis of performance. If Scotland and Netherlands are performing better than West Indies and Ireland, then the former should get more funds when compared to the latter. There is no excuse in granting $16 million per year to the WICB, when they are consistently losing matches against associate nations. Merit should be taken in to account.
After the exceptional performance by Scotland and Netherlands during the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier, will the ICC consider full membership to these two teams? They certainly performed better than Ireland and gave the other full members (Zimbabwe, West Indies and Scotland) a run for their money. And the sad thing about Scotland is that despite performing so well, no matches against full members are scheduled until 2027 (when the next qualifier tournament will take place). It's a cruel world, especially for associate nations in cricket.
First of all, I think at least 20 teams should have full membership of the ACC in total. And in every World Cup, these 20 teams should be able to compete without having to play any kind of qualifier. Then I think we can call it an actual World Cup. I know this will be a little tricky to do in the ODI World Cup. But this can easily be done in the T-20 World Cup for sure. And that's why I said that the ICC should concentrate on the T-20 format a lot more than they are doing right now. They associate nations really sure to be taken seriously by the ACC at this point.
After the exceptional performance by Scotland and Netherlands during the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier, will the ICC consider full membership to these two teams? They certainly performed better than Ireland and gave the other full members (Zimbabwe, West Indies and Scotland) a run for their money. And the sad thing about Scotland is that despite performing so well, no matches against full members are scheduled until 2027 (when the next qualifier tournament will take place). It's a cruel world, especially for associate nations in cricket.
Tamim Iqbal's retirement announcement
There is a rumor that Tamim Iqbal has confirmed to the Bangladeshi media that he will not play ODI cricket again and that the first ODI match against Afghanistan was the last match of his career. This matter is very surprising to me because before the retirement of a player, various news media broadcast news about his retirement, in this case he takes the decision to retire suddenly. It is not yet clear why he suddenly took such a decision. He was injured for a long time and lastly he won the series against Ireland so why Tamim Iqbal took such a decision before finishing the series against Afghanistan. Several action-oriented news media and journalists in Bangladesh have confirmed this fact of Tamim.
Tamim Iqbal is regarded was the best opener in the history of Bangladesh cricket. but, timely great decision from International Cricket? There's a lot of controversy, and I prefer don't like go details. However, it is undeniable that Tamim Iqbal is expected to play a crucial role for Bangladesh in both the Asia Cup and the World Cup. Due to lack of connectivity and healthy atmosphere between Captain Tamim Iqbal and head coach Hathurusingha may lead this decision. Lot of rumors are circulating about their relationship, which turn out unhealthy. Such an unhealthy situation may have influenced the decision-making process regarding Tamim's future. Tamim has chosen to retire with dignity and respect. Furthermore, if he believes that he has nothing more to offer to the team, then he certainly has the right to make this decision.There is a rumor that Tamim Iqbal has confirmed to the Bangladeshi media that he will not play ODI cricket again and that the first ODI match against Afghanistan was the last match of his career. This matter is very surprising to me because before the retirement of a player, various news media broadcast news about his retirement, in this case he takes the decision to retire suddenly. It is not yet clear why he suddenly took such a decision. He was injured for a long time and lastly he won the series against Ireland so why Tamim Iqbal took such a decision before finishing the series against Afghanistan. Several action-oriented news media and journalists in Bangladesh have confirmed this fact of Tamim.
I don’t understand what is the problem with the Bangladesh senior players and the Bangladesh cricket board. I am pretty sure that this is the reason why Tamim Iqbal decided to retire. There is no reason for him to retire just three months before the World Cup. And I don’t understand if the players do have an unhealthy relationship with the players, why don’t the cricket board let the coach go and bring some other coach?
This situation has been going on for so long and it still is not fixed. I obviously respect the decision of Tamim Iqbal. But I certainly did want to see him play in the World Cup. He has given the Bangladesh national team a lot. I know that I have said I wanted to see him in the World Cup. But overall I think this was the right decision to make because if he did not perform well in the World Cup there would have been a lot of shit talking about him.
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