Indian Cricket League can make it big!

Glenn McGrath to bowl to Brian Lara...We thought its over..rite? No, says Zee's Subhash Chandra who bravely started ICL.Can he make it a success? Yes and No, A commercial success is for sure, but I doubt if ICL can identify talent in India. For me, the plan of targeting players who recently retired, who are on the verge of retirement, who are not a certainty in their respective national side is a very good idea.Six teams with four overseas players each is the idea and signing 24 overseas players should not be tough.Atleast, I feel so.

Just look at the list of overseas players who can be on ICL's radar.Apart from Lara,Warne,Mcgrath,Stephen Fleming,Inzamam,Arnold, ICL can target Chris Cairns,Nathan Astle,Michael Bevan,Jhonty Rhodes,Graham Thorpe,Atapattu,Heath Streak.

As far as Indians are concerned, players like Dinesh Mongia, Hemang Badani, Bahutule, Sridharan Sriram or even Jadeja can be easy targets since they do not have a chance of making it to the National side again.

The only concern for me is - Will youngsters dare to go against BCCI and join ICL? I dont think so. ICL's main objective(as they say) is to identify young talent in India and I very much doubt whether ICL will succeed in this area.With or without youngsters, ICL can still get players who make up 6 teams.

Finding stadiums is not that tough for ICL.A ground like Lal Bahadur Shastri stadium in Hyderabad which is a government property and no longer under HCA or BCCI can be a target. I am sure ICL can find such grounds that are not under BCCI's control.

So,players are ready, stadiums are ready, broadcasters will queue up, What else is required? I am a firm supporter of ICL and hope it rocks big time! A true cricket lover would never want to miss watching Warne or Lara in live action again, be it any form of cricket. What say?

Dont write off RD, the kaptan!

Rahul Dravid may be not be an aggressive captain, may not be an innovative captain, may not be an expressive captain but he has achieved good results. The win at Trentbridge is India's 5th overseas win under Rahul Dravid, and thats not a bad achievement by any means.I have heard people say RD is not half as good as Ganguly as captain.Hmm..that for me is not a fair comment, very harsh I should say! Ganguly is a more natural leader than RD and that made job easy for him. RD, I should say is not a born leader and he is learning the tricks of the trade, slowly but surely.The win at Trentbridge, where India were without a head coach proved this.

Overseas wins under RD (excluding Zimbabwe and Bangladesh)

1. Pakistan, in Multan
2. WI, in Kingston
3. SA, in Johannesburg
4. England, in Nottingham

Overseas wins under SG (excluding Zimbabwe and Bangladesh)

1. SL, in Kandy
2. WI, in Port of Spain
3. England, in Leeds
4. Australia, in Adeilade
5. Pakistan, in Rawalpindi

RD, with 8 test wins under his belt(Dada has 21 wins..brilliant) has still a long way to go before being labeled as a successful Indian captain but he has every chance of becoming one.