Monday, October 27, 2008

BCCI officials forget about existence of New Zealand

In a development that is a disturbing reminder of the BCCI's increasingly insular and inward-looking attitude, many of its most senior officials have completely forgotten about New Zealand. In a recent meeting to discuss, among other things, bilateral ties with Sri Lanka, the upcoming T20 Champion's League and the participants of the England players in the IPL, not one mention was made of New Zealand in the entire three hours.


Things came to a head when Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, speaking on the state of test cricket, said “Meaningless test series, such as those between Australia and can safely be scrapped in favour of lucrative T20 matches. Players from will also benefit from such a move, since they can play in winning teams for a change.”, omitting the words 'New Zealand' completely from his statements.


When a member of the press tried to remind the BCCI officials about the country's existence, he was met with varied responses such as “Eh? What? Never heard of it.”, “ Oh yeah – that country that's near the edge of the map in RISK. Or was it Civilization IV?”, and “ You reporters are all the same. Next you'll be saying that there's a huge country called 'Canada' right next to the United States!”

10 comments:

The Mudd said...

L O L. I love the way you bring out all your doubts as though someone else said it !! :)

Anand Ramachandran said...

er . . .what doubts? :)

The Mudd said...

u know... stuff like "Oh yeah – that country that's near the edge of the map in RISK. Or was it Civilization IV?" :)

Anand Ramachandran's Evil Twin said...

Dude, no doubts there. New Zealand does not appear in RISK. And Civ IV features random maps, not real-world ones, so no question of even a cameo for poor ole Kiwis. They're doomed ;)

The Mudd said...

wait.. small doubt... u keep switching accounts and posting comments so people get confused? .. or did one of you just hack into the other's to find out what sites hes been visiting lately? :) ..if neither of the above , point taken.. actually point taken neways.. i forgot abt the country myself till u gave it star status by making it the subject of a blog post

The Mudd said...

if the spying stuff sounded stupid to you : "Hey how can I chk out my evil twin's browsing/search history by hacking his blogger account you moron" , I suggest you chk this out http://www.google.com/history and go delete quickly !!

Anonymous said...

Sometimes i forget the existence of New zealand myself. when was the last time they toured India ?

Anand Ramachandran's Evil Twin said...

manish - I want whatever you've been smoking ;)

anon. - seriously. It's been ages. In fact, they haven't seen any great cricket for quit a while, I would imagin, other than great comebacks against the likes of Bangla-D

Mahadevan said...

Even T20 is becoming tedious and tiresome. Lalit Mody longs for T ten.

Jagadish said...

NZ played 2 tests in India in 2003. India tour New Zealand early next year. Expect to see dicey pitches again, no doubt caused by some strange weather conditions