Why is the Australian media outraged by the visit of Ricky Ponting and Trevor Bayliss to the IPL commercials? |
Ricky Ponting provided commentary for only three days of the Pakistan Test for Channel 7, and was absent on the final day when Australia won the match. BBL coach Trevor Bayliss has stepped down from coaching his Sydney Thunder team for the second game. They all flew to Dubai for the big IPL auction on December 19.
While Ponting skipped the comments to play his part as an IPL coach, Bayliss’ departure from his team to sell the IPL has been questioned in the Australian media.
Code Sports, which first reported Ponting’s absence as a result of the transaction, titled their report as follows: The IPL success was seen as Ponting leaving the Tests early and the Thunder coach skipping the game. news.com.au has updated the tweets from the broadcaster – ‘IPL supremacy gone berserk’.
On Sunday, Australian Cricketers’ Association chief executive Todd Greenberg said speculation over the BCCI’s second IPL window in September would “create chaos”.
“My first reaction was no surprise,” Greenberg told SEN Radio. “There’s always an extra window that can cause confusion in cricket and other competitions so it’s very difficult.
“And it’s not something that I think you can just look at in the short term. I think we have to be careful to make sure that all the international cricketers have to continue to play meaningful cricket. So we’ve seen the change with the World Test Championship that has helped Test Cricket. You know, I would say that We have to do more in other countries that are going far and I think in Test cricket.
“This will be difficult. It will be very beneficial for the top players but it will also put a lot of pressure on the boards and cricket world wide. “
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Originally published on: 18-12-2023 at 12:09 IST
