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]]> By: Pratik http://yorker.wordpress.com/2005/11/03/cricket-comes-first/#comment-16 Pratik Mon, 07 Nov 2005 06:47:28 +0000 http://yorker.wordpress.com/2005/11/03/cricket-comes-first/#comment-16 I suppose you're right about ODIs being more popular than Tests among the Indian proletariat. What I meant when I said that the BCCI should "give the fans what they crave" was that the BCCI should give the fans what I crave. ;-) On a more serious note, a Test series can become popular too (as the 2001-02 Aussie tour to India did), but we need to give it the chance to last a while. And England surely is a worthy opponent. Their new-look squad certainly cannot be termed as boring (let alone the most boring). I suppose you’re right about ODIs being more popular than Tests among the Indian proletariat. What I meant when I said that the BCCI should “give the fans what they crave” was that the BCCI should give the fans what I crave. ;-)

On a more serious note, a Test series can become popular too (as the 2001-02 Aussie tour to India did), but we need to give it the chance to last a while. And England surely is a worthy opponent. Their new-look squad certainly cannot be termed as boring (let alone the most boring).

]]> By: Amar http://yorker.wordpress.com/2005/11/03/cricket-comes-first/#comment-13 Amar Sat, 05 Nov 2005 10:56:42 +0000 http://yorker.wordpress.com/2005/11/03/cricket-comes-first/#comment-13 I don't think the fair-weather fans in India crave Test cricket that much. ODI's have and will always be more popular in the subcontinent. I can understand your agony as far as the BCCI goes, but at the end of the day the only thing that matters is the big bucks. And lets face it, they are not going to take a chance of having a 5 match Test series against, arguably, the most boring visiting side to set their foot in India (as pointed out by Sunny Gavaskar recently, which, in theory, is a true statement). The English team don't have the same charisma as the Pakistanis or the Aussies or for that matter even the South Africans do. I agree, however, that there should be some balance b/w the number of ODI's and tests. 7 ODI's in a series IS a joke. But, then again, such long ODI series have been going on for years in South Africa and Australia. I don’t think the fair-weather fans in India crave Test cricket that much. ODI’s have and will always be more popular in the subcontinent.
I can understand your agony as far as the BCCI goes, but at the end of the day the only thing that matters is the big bucks. And lets face it, they are not going to take a chance of having a 5 match Test series against, arguably, the most boring visiting side to set their foot in India (as pointed out by Sunny Gavaskar recently, which, in theory, is a true statement). The English team don’t have the same charisma as the Pakistanis or the Aussies or for that matter even the South Africans do.
I agree, however, that there should be some balance b/w the number of ODI’s and tests. 7 ODI’s in a series IS a joke. But, then again, such long ODI series have been going on for years in South Africa and Australia.

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