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Ex-India star calls IND vs SA two-match series ‘travesty’; ‘monies are for SA to keep’

Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra termed the two-match IND vs SA Test series a ‘travesty’ as the 1st Test was underway at Centurion. India will take on the Proteas in a two-match Test series instead of the usual three or five games. Taking to X, Chopra explained what the term ‘series’ meant and made a startling claim of who was making profits in this series.

IND vs SA Test series a ‘travesty’: Chopra

In a tweet, Chopra explained that every team had to play 6 series in the WTC cycle and that for any engagement to be called a ‘series’, then at least two games must be played. He further claimed that if it weren’t so, then teams would be happy playing just one Test.

Terming the series a ‘travesty’, he said that all the profit will be made by Cricket South Africa and not by the BCCI.

In the WTC Cycle…every country must play 6 series. ‘Series’ is the key operative word here. The minimum requirement to call any engagement a ‘series’ is to play two-tests. Therefore, you see a lot of 2-Test series (otherwise a lot of teams will be happy to play one-Test and move…

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) December 26, 2023

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