Muloghonto
U19 12th Man
There were a few grounds in India that were 'decomissioned' from International/FC matches by the BCCI ( eg:Brabourne stadium in Mumbai, a stadium in Delhi- not FSK, the other one)which the ICL tried to play on, resulting in the lawsuit. As it stands now, virtually every single stadium that hosts any professional cricket matches- domestic or international- is BCCI private property.Гурин;3220316 said:"and every single state or international level cricket venue in India is a BCCI private property"
That's interesting. So where were ICL games played? Didn't the ICL won a trial against BCCI because BCCI was booking the stadiums to prevent their games, or I'm possibly not remembering it right? Because, if they were booking those stadiums, clearly not every venue is in the hands of BCCI.
Anyway I'm not interested in conjectures, but it would be nice to know about what exactly is everybody on about when talking about 'indian market shares'.
What are the average viewers for an IPL game in India (I'm talking viewers, not percentages)? And how they compare with tests-odis-t20s involving (or not) India? Also, how they compare with average viewers of games in other countries?
If there are public available numbers, it would be nice to see them. I seem to remember than an entire edition of the IPL was totalling in the hundred(s) of millions, but that's it.
Also, the players are BCCI contracted, this is why Ambati Rayudu had to quit the ICL to regain eligibility to play for Andhra/Hyderabad.
What people are talking about in terms of 'Indian market shares', is the % of revenue generated by selling the right to broadcast cricket in India by the networks to the total income of revenue in cricket.