Finally the all time big mouth of the Indian cricket is talking about ICL! No, not Navjot Singh Sidhu, but another sardar, Bishan Singh Bedi. He's, as expected, attacking BCCI. Bedi says the BCCI's opposition to the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) is grounded in its fear of being exposed as an inefficient organisation."The BCCI cannot ban players for playing in the league. Suppose you are working for a company and join another after some time, your former employers cannot stop you from earning your livelihood. That's illegal. Cricket is not their personal property and they have no right to stop anybody from joining this league. Actually the board is scared that if the ICL turns out to be a well organised event, then their own failures would be exposed," he added.
He didn't even spare ICL's intentions! Bedi felt the ICL organisers are only trying to mint money out of the country's obsession with cricket!
"I don't think it is something on the lines of Kerry Packer series, so there should not be any objection in the first place. I don't know whether this league would be good for the game in the long run but there is no harm in allowing it to take place," he said.
Bedi also came out in support of National Cricket Academy chairman Kapil Dev who has been threatened with a sack for joining the league.
"I don't think it would be appropriate to take away his job on this ground,"
If you're concluding that Bedi is on ICL's radar, forget it. He is in no mood to join ICL "I will not join ICL for the simple reason that I don't think I would be able to fit into this bunch of vultures,"
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
BCCI is scared of ICL, says Bishan Singh Bedi
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