Leagues with cricketing ecosystem will survive, rest will fade away: Ganguly

Players getting lured by the growing number of T20 leagues is a shortterm phenomenon as eventually only a few financially sustainable leagues will survive said former India captain Sourav Ganguly on MondayWith the T20 leagues mushrooming around the world players have started to prioritise franchise cricket over national dutyThe Big Bash League which is an established product just got over while inaugural leagues are being staged in UAE and South Africa at the momentA league is also planned in the United States later this yearAlso Read Indias chances in T20 WC will be largely dependent on toporder Mithali RajHowever Ganguly said in the long term only leagues with an ecosystem will surviveWe keep talking about the leagues around the world if you look at the IPL it is in a different ecosystem and different league the Big Bash in Australia does very well The Hundred does very well in the UK and I see the South Africa league doing very well I have been watching it for last three weeks he said at a Sportstar event hereThe common thing among all these leagues is that they are in countries where cricket is popular So I believe over a period of time four five years it is going to get to stage very few will exist and I know which ones will existCertain leagues will remain and certain will move away because players will realise it is not that important Right now they are new and everyone wants to be part of it so you see the rushBut ultimately it will get back to a stage where country will be as important as the league because only a few will survive because of the ecosystemAlso Read Mumbais budding women cricketers look forward to inaugural Womenrsquos Premier LeagueZimbabwe used to be a force to reckon with in world cricket in the 90s but cricket has declined in the country amid administrative issuesIt has got to do a lot with administration teams struggling in international cricket I keep saying that I have been president of CAB for five years and then BCCI president for three years and represented India in the ICC I have seen the entire structure and support system that makes the game possible he saidI remember I played my first world cup in 1999 Zimbabwe could beat anybody I am sure Zimbabwe cricket did not have a lot of money then even India did not have that much moneyThe West Indies days of Michael Holding Andy Roberts and Joel Garner where was the money There wasnt Administration is very important to hold on to the playersIf the relationship between players and administrators is good lot of problems can get solved Cricket has a lot more money now I dont think money is the issue There is a need to hold on to the players to play for the countryThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever