Cricket sources have stated that the recent episodes involving the ICC and the BCCI are eerily reminiscent of the manner in which the erstwhile colonial power England tucked into India, where England has enriched itself by looting India for two centuries, while sadistically hailing it as its "jewel in the crown".
Meanwhile India contributes over 70% to the revenues of world cricket, and does so because of the systematic manner in which successive BCCI administrators have gone about nurturing the market. Even in times of extreme hardship, many former office-bearers have revealed exemplary vision and leadership in steering the ship.
It is added that the BCCI has also objected to the $135 million earmarked for the 18-match event, as against the $45 million budget for the 58-match ICC-run World T20 Championship held in India earlier this year and the difference in costing per match is humongous: $7.5 million per match against $ 776,000.
Presently the World T20 event in India was run on a shoestring budget and one official has revealed that things were so bad that they were sent only 30 towels to be used by cricketers over six matches and were asked to launder the towels for re-use after each match and one livid state association procured dozens of towels on its own to augment the 30.
