Should we Ban Champions League?

[Hyde]

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[Hyde]

oh i guess i just wrote too much ...... let me say it briefly

Should we ban discussion for Champions League in this forum? because they banned all Pakistani players representing this tournament..... they allowed West Indies teams but not Pakistanis that is clearly a racism in my eyes

Should we?

 

[Hyde]

Where is Pakistan?​

The tournament with an asterisk in the title
No Pakistan, alas, but at least everyone's favourite uncle is around

I am genuinely excited about the Champions League. No, really. I am Victorian and for too long Victorians have struggled to show their wares outside the odd game for Australia or England. Now they get a chance to play against the best other domestic teams of the world.

That doesn't mean the tournament is perfect. The marketing is incorrectly playing on the name of the tournament. "Only Champions. Only the Best."

Only Champions? That isn't true. Runners-ups are playing too. Lots of them, some of them are good, others are Somerset.

Only the Best. But not the best? The best-performed country in World Twenty20 championships is Pakistan; they are the superheroes of Twenty20 cricket. Rajasthan Royals had two pretty important Pakistani members in the first IPL team. Even in Australia they used them domestically. And the last ICL was won by Pakistanis.

When it comes to the term champions in this format, they should probably be first in line. The team that we miss out on is the Silky Stallions (actually title Sialkot, but Silky is snappier) who have won four out of a possible five Twenty20 titles in Pakistan. I have no idea if they are good, but I have no idea if Otago are either, I assume Otago aren't, but they get a chance to prove me wrong.

Pakistani cricketers have always been my favourite, and it seems wrong to not have them in a tournament like this. Especially when it isn't their fault. So many idiots have conspired to ensure that there should be an asterisk in the title of this tournament.

Even without the Pakistani boys, the tournament is missing some key elements of the bets; a Twenty20 tournament without Shane Warne or Shah Rukh Khan seems a little naked. Who will bring the Hollywood or the Bollywood? What will the Fake IPL Player write about in this tournament? Luckily there is still one key facet in this tournament.

Lalit Modi may not be everyone's cup of tea. There are far too many reasons I don't like him to mention here (I've never forgiven him for using two mobiles at once), but he does know how to throw a party, and he would never have a final on a school night like the ICC did for their "champions". The IPL may be over the top, loud, didactic, stage managed and crass, but it is definitely a party.

When the ICC hosts a tournament it is more like your parents throwing you a bash. They think they know what is cool, but they don't quite get it. They put on Maroon 5, invite over all your boring aunts and uncles, only have non-alcoholic drinks, and have the party on a weekday.

Lalit is more like the cool, slightly dodgy, uncle. He comes in with a DJ, free booze for everyone, invites your friends, and brings over famous people and the party goes crazy.

If Lalit's party works well, no one will care that Warne, SRK and the dudes from Pakistan didn't come, but if it turns lame, people might start wishing they had dropped by.

 

[EagleEyes]

No, we cant ban it. Pakistan out of it..makes it less successful anyways.

 

[third eye]

Ban or no ban here, but are we not having an overdose of cricket these days ?

 

[bones20]

Should we Ban Champions League?

Ban karke kahan jaaoge !

 

[paritosh]

I don't think the common man would prefer the tournament without the Pakistani players...i have no clue why there are no Pakistani players...has the GoI interfered and stopped them from playing or is a 'precautionary' measure taken by the BCCI?
I am not following this stupid competition myself....but is it really organized by the BCCI?

 

[inferno]

Absolutely it is not organised by bcci as it is a joint venture of boards of many countries.

 

[r3alist]

the bcci basically owns the icc, everyone knows that.

i would not expect the mods to take a stance like that mr x, too patriotic, lol.

 

[Spring Onion]

I don't think the common man would prefer the tournament without the Pakistani players...i have no clue why there are no Pakistani players...has the GoI interfered and stopped them from playing or is a 'precautionary' measure taken by the BCCI?
I am not following this stupid competition myself....but is it really organized by the BCCI?

'precautionary' measure ???? For what? Are Indians got so much parnoid that they are now terming Pakistani players as terrorists??
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anyway who cares who is playing we have more seriouse issues to ponder over than following a silly game at this point that too sans Pakistan

 

[blueoval79]

'precautionary' measure ???? For what? Are Indians got so much parnoid that they are now terming Pakistani players as terrorists??

anyway who cares who is playing we have more seriouse issues to ponder over than following a silly game at this point that too sans Pakistan

Its not iOnly indians who are paranoid...ask Mr. butt....who advised ICC to keep all Pakistan matches out of India in 2011 world cup.

 

[Spring Onion]

Its not iOnly indians who are paranoid...ask Mr. butt....who advised ICC to keep all Pakistan matches out of India in 2011 world cup.

Why not. India had tried to harm Pakistani sports. Why cant we refuse our matches in India?

 

[Reddy]

oh i guess i just wrote too much ...... let me say it briefly

Should we ban discussion for Champions League in this forum? because they banned all Pakistani players representing this tournament..... they allowed West Indies teams but not Pakistanis that is clearly a racism in my eyes

Should we?

Banning the thread from this forum - Will it solve any thing - BIG NO
By closing your eyes, you cannot stop the world from moving.

so its better if the cricket fans want to see champrions league T20 championship let them go a head

Chillout dude

 

[Super Falcon]

i think BCCI is responsible who is lalit modi he is commisioner of IPL and CL and who he works for BCCI as simple as that but im sure what ever BCCI do they cant stop for much of time to pakitani players world champoin teams players are not playing so shame for the tournament twice the team pakistan played final of T 20 no one come close to us in T 20 for sure and jaleousy of BCCI will cost indian teams CT this time too for sure

 

[Reddy]

pakistan played final of T 20 no one come close to us in T 20 for sure and jaleousy of BCCI will cost indian teams CT this time too for sure

Where does jealousy come from

1. Pak Govt. did not give permission to pak cricketers to tour india for IPL 2 by the cutoff date and later the tournament was shifted to South Africa.

so blame the pak govt. for not participating in IPL