Earn a few bucks or save the game in the long run?

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: series. This argument is based on the assumption that nationalist sport continues to be the mother of all sport, a truth once again successfully driven home by the olympics. With Lionel Messi refusing to obey the Real Madrid diktat, a new chapter was indeed scripted in the debate between club and country. And with India as a country having very little to boast of in the sporting arena it is absolutely imperative that our governors of sport remember the Messi example.

A fresh Mahendra Dhoni against an Australian attack without a potent spinner on a turner is a mouth watering prospect for the indian cricket fan, far more attractive than the superficial spectacle the champions league will try to create. I therefore have little hesitation in thanking Modi and company for resisting the urge to earn a few more dollars for the sake of the nation.

To round off the argument then: the ICC may well take a leaf out of the book of the so called greedy Indian cricket administrators and bury the champions trophy once and for all. While it will surely lose out on dollars in the short run, cricket fans from across the world will thank the apex body for safeguarding the interests of the sport in the long run.