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[tushar sehgal]

This is shameful and embarrasing...just searched google and there are plenty of articles on this...disgusting.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/news/9845947/Indians-ban-30-English-players-following-Test-defeat.html

[thedon]

I think its a good move by bcci. ecb didnt get clearance for the previous tour, so why should the bcci allow this one! If the tables were turned and the bcci sent a tour party to england without clearance from the ecb, everyone would be up in arms!

Dont agree with much the bcci does, but a pat on the back from me on this one

[tushar sehgal]

I think its a good move by bcci. ecb didnt get clearance for the previous tour, so why should the bcci allow this one! If the tables were turned and the bcci sent a tour party to england without clearance from the ecb, everyone would be up in arms!

Dont agree with much the bcci does, but a pat on the back from me on this one

I disagree with you on this, just because someone does/ has done wrong does not mean that you are now allowed to as well.....

[Riddy]

hahahahah what a joke. cant wait to batter them again next time.

[The_Bird]

do you really think its a good move for the future india players that want to better themselves by playing in foreign conditions to not have the opportunity? oh wait there arent any india players with any ambitions to better themselves abroad anyway. mug them off ecb, mug them all off.

bunch of clowns.

[Wedge2408]

Sore losers!! Terrible and extremely petty actions by the bcci. They should be ashamed of themselves.
They have an over-inflated sense of importance and power I reckon. Should be pulled into line by the icc.

[joeylough]

I don't see why they would need clearance to play in a different country anyway.

The only clearance should be at the place they are training/playing at to make sure it is free to use.

[yvk3103]

Just quickly reading thru the article, it seems the guys running the BCCI need psychiatric treatment. However, there is only one side of the story know.

Again, what goes on behind the scenes between these bodies and ICC meetings, never comes out in public in its entirety. Even what is shared with media is a very limited brief and some individual opinions which can be skilfully presented to make more interesting reading and increasing the website clicks.

[yvk3103]

I don't see why they would need clearance to play in a different country anyway.

The only clearance should be at the place they are training/playing at to make sure it is free to use.

Any overseas player coming to play county cricket needs a clearance from ECB as well. You just can't walk into a set-up and ask to be played. The usual process was that the native cricket board would make a request to the relevant board to allow its player to play for a county or if a county wanted to get a certain player they would have to get something from ECB and the player has to get a NOC from his native cricket board. If this was not the case, there would have been loads more of KolPack players.

Moreover, Home Office will not issue a visa if you said you just want to come to play cricket without any sponsor or club asking you to.

I think, if I were to set-up a formal cricket coaching/performance centre in the UK (like this GCA or the MRF Pace Foundation or NCA thing in India), for it to get the necessary funding and recognition, I would have to liaise with the local county cricket set-up who will then in turn request ECB to formalize its training program. Without this why would a cricket board bother to send its players to come to my centre for training.

[MD2812]

Childish from the BCCI again!! and like a child, it will keep acting spoilt and pushing the boundaries to see what it can get away with until the parent, ICC in this case, steps in a disciplines the child.

[fatbats]

Need both sides of story but it does sound really petty and futile as others mentioned there are other places than India that turn just digging a deeper hole and eventually other countries will have enough

[charlie15]

I think its a good move by bcci. ecb didnt get clearance for the previous tour, so why should the bcci allow this one! If the tables were turned and the bcci sent a tour party to england without clearance from the ecb, everyone would be up in arms!

Dont agree with much the bcci does, but a pat on the back from me on this one

Completely disagree, The ECB didn't get clearance for Finn to play in an academy game to prove his fitness (which they apologised for immediately), not as you suggest for the academy team to tour India, this was set up and agreed way in advance.

[yvk3103]

I think a good lesson for BCCI would be that the young upcoming and current international players bought in the IPL auction withdraw from the IPL and SA, Eng, Aus, NZ  (at the minimum) ask their players not to make themselves available for alternative section.

I think IPL gives overseas players more experience of playing in Indian conditions and against better quality players than a mere training camp.

Clearly BCCI have got it wrong as to which end of the body they should eat from and excrete from.

[ad2606]

One other thought on it apart from the cricketing side- surely it's better for the bcci and local clubs to have a touring party there? Extra revenue from the players/back room staff and all that sort of stuff is surely better in their pockets than a different country who will allow the players to train

[cricketbadger]

next they'll be banning english fans from attending matches