Deserted Domestic Cricket

On the one hand, tickets for India-Pakistan one-dayers are being exhausted within the blink of an eye and on the other, the Ranji Trophy Elite Group final at Mohali was witnessed only by former India cricketer, Railways' Harvinder Singh's family. It is a pity that people are least interested in the domestic games, which are the actual grooming grounds for the Team India cricketers. So, actually Punjab had no support playing at home. Even though big names like Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Murali Karthik and Dinesh Mongia were missing former India cricketers like Sanjay Bangar, J.P. Yadav, Pankaj Dharmani did perform creditably in the match. But still the authorities did not care to promote the match. The galleries were deserted even though the match was not telecast live. Moreover the players still receive pretty poor pay packets playing at the domestic level. One wonders what the BCCI does with all the money it earns. Such neglect produces the Abhijit Kales of Indian cricket.