Still I Love this leaping creature called cricket-1

World's No-1 test team is touring Srilanka but back home nobody is sure about that, will they return with No-1 tag they have taken.There was no missing link in this team till Zaheer Khan was not injured.You can say this is the first team in cricket history which is being no-1 but has less bowling fire power than the last one in ranking.When most of team captains are in dilemma to decide which bowler they make to sit out where Dhoni is struggling to find a fit bowler who can bowl not more than 135khp may be he is a newcomer.

You may have noticed or not, yesterday BCCI published the schedule for the 2010-11 Indian domestic cricket. Ranji trophy is the main & premier long format championship of the domestic league but there is another interesting fact is associated with this is one of rare league competition where a team placed in division-2 also compete for trophy.Two team make them eligible to play in quarters playing almost the whole season with weak ones.Result is always predicted but question is how can we waste so valuable time in this cramped schedule by wasting time on these meaning less quarters.I want to say that why not increase the matches in group stages.We should make a 3 tier league instead of present 2 tier 4 group tournament where each tire accommodate 9-10 teams.There should one final between 1st & 2nd of tier-1 by slashing the semi-final and quarter-finals which will allow to play 9 group stage matches from present 7 group stage matches.Two winners of other tiers will be promoted to upper tier and losers are relegated.This will create a better competition and professionalized league with each team matching the opposition.Yes some will argue that this format will prevent the teams in lower tier to win the tournament but fact is than in last 7 years from the which this present format came a team from plate group has just 2 time gone to semifinals and never beyond it.

I do not say this format create fast bowlers but a good league so a better competition to best players(Cont.)