ICL. The craze is about to begin!

The formation of the Indian Cricket League has been setup on the footmarks of successful private football clubs and county cricket clubs in England. The prospects of the game withing a cricket-crazy country seems inspiring to the eye. But the eventual success of the club would depend on the quality of players contracted and willing to be a part of the novel idea. Moreover, BCCI the hitherto undisputed board that manages Cricket in India was responsible for managing and funding the game. The revenue of the board surpasses any other playing nation in the world. And therefore, the insecurity amongst the members loosing a major chunk of their revenues to the ICL have adopted a caveat to players endorsing ICL that limits them to be unprobable for national or infact state tournaments throughout their lifetime. A profound threat to cricketing heroes and superstars who have become rolemodels and icons for the younger generation.

Moreover, the ICL is definitely not the destination for such icons who already earn lucrative packages and sponsorships from the BCCI. But the talented young stars of the Indian cricket who have intermittently been ebbed from the national team would definitely gaze a closer look at the league. It would give them tremendous opportunity and a vital platform to bring forward their vibrant skills and talent to the cricket enthusiastic fans who do love to watch a Live game of cricket at any odd hour during the day. With 24x7 channels being aired and people looking for youngsters and promising cricketers to take up the stage and display their gargantuan exuberance, its time that we adopt to competitive standards to promote the game and take it to the next level. More than providing funding options to the remote cricketers, it would imbue a spirit and desire to excel into players that would be paramount for the benefit of the game. Secondly, with key players from allover the world like Brian Lara, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Nicky Boje inter-alia agreed to join the ICL the game looks to attract not only national, but global talent and with a mixed-breed of ideas to marvel the sport. The prospects look very inspiring though, but there are still a plethora of hurdles and obstacles to overcome before the league is ready to host their first ever private big-banner cricket tournament in India with top-shot cricketers from all across the globe taking part and entertaining the millions of cricket-loving followers all over the world.