With players like Jason Holder, Kyle Mayers, and Haris Rauf opting out and South Africa sending their second XIs to New Zealand, talks of Test cricket ‘dying’ have been going around. After former Australian skipper Steve Waugh called out the ICC to step up and save Test cricket, another former Australian skipper has called for saving Test cricket.
However, instead of the ICC, Allan Border has asked the BCCI for help. Speaking with Fox Cricket, Border called the cash-rich Indian board to take control of the things.
“If India takes charge of that, everyone will listen because, let’s face facts, they are the money man,” Border said.
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Border also said that India/BCCI needs to do it because they are also the biggest culprit when it comes to the rise of franchise cricket, as the most money is coming out of the IPL.
“If they start making really strict rules about Twenty20 cricket, when it’s played, etc, and availability, a ‘country first’ type scenario, then that will happen.
“(It is) as simple as that because the domestic franchises rely on the money coming out of that Indian Premier League.
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