The Indian Premier League is credited for India’s wealth of talent and commercial prosperity, but never should it be forgotten that it’s a domestic cricket tournament played on flat Indian tracks and there are only four international players in playing XIs. When pundits say Indian players are competing with the best, they might not be completely right. The BCCI should seriously consider allowing their contracted players to be part of overseas leagues. Probably, allowing them to be part of Australia’s Big Bash for starters. To say that India were outplayed, outwitted and outgunned by England in the ICC World Cup T20 semi-final at Adelaide yesterday would be far too kind. Sure, they did well to reach the Last 4, but they were expected to.

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