India-Pak roadshow coming to SF Bay Area

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Looks the PCB has told BCCI - "Aapko jahaan match karna hai karo, bas thoda paisaa humein bhi de dena"

Anyways, if the following article is to be believed, we might have an India-Pak face-off in the Bay Area soon…

http://www.dawn.com/2006/03/29/spt2.htm

PCB concedes all rights to BCCI for off-shore ODIs

KARACHI, March 28: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has conceded to the Board Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) all rights of organizing a minimum of 15 or maximum 30 One-day Internationals over the next five years to be played across the globe. The two countries recently signed an agreement under which Pakistan and India will play matches in such far off places as Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Holland, England (Lords, Oval and Birmingham), Toronto, New York and Tristate Area, Houston, Chicago, Palo Alto and bay area, Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur.

BCCI and PCB decided to play the ICC sanctioned ODIs in various venues where there were a large number of Indians and Pakistanis.

So far both boards are mum over the financial details of the proposed ODIs, although PCB is the one which always champions the cause of transparency in every deal.

PCB seems to be quite happy to play second fiddle to BCCI and the board’s top brass are always willing to accommodate their counterparts across the border.

Perhaps the only involvement of the PCB top officials in this lucrative money-spinning activity will be dozens of free junkets around the world.

If the PCB’s bitter experience over the disbursement of 1996 World Cup profits is any guide would it not be better for the PCB to settle that thorny issue first before entering into another financial partnership with the BCCI.

The two boards first venture of playing off-shore ODIs kicks off at the newly-built Abu Dhabi Cricket Stadium with two matches titled “Friendship Series” on April 17 and 18.

Abu Dhabi Cricket Stadium, it is reported, has been guaranteed US$1million for hosting the two-match series by the organizers although Sharjah-based Cricketers Benefit Fund Series (CBFS) which had successfully organized more than 100 ODIs in the past, had offered to host the matches for less.

Presently TWI holds the right to manage Abu Dhabi Cricket Stadium matches, but whether they will be allowed to do is another matter considering, PCB is involved in a legal battle with the company over non-payment of US$750,000.

Recently the BCCI floated tender on the Ground Rights for an outright bid for only the two ODIs in Abu Dhabi without any mention of PCB’s involvement in the organisation of the matches.

According to the details available from the correspondence sent to various prospective Indian sponsors it categorically states that rights will be managed by BCCI.

The document also makes it clear that only BCCI can sell the rights of other matches beside Abu Dhabi series without involving any other party.

Although the document claims that the tender for Abu Dhabi series is open to all agencies around the world, the condition of only agencies with a minimum capital of US$5m could bid will certainly rule out Pakistani sports companies from taking part in the tender.

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Meh. Another "supposed" biggest rivalry coming to a place near you.

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Indian board shut out Pakistan

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has circulated a tender document on Wednesday for the sale of television rights for the two one-day internationals against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi and other offshore matches over the next five years without any mention of Pakistan being joint partners with them in the organisation of these games.
In a clear rebuff to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the tender document makes it explicitly clear that the successful bidders for the Abu Dhabi matches would have to display logo of the BCCI during telecast of the matches with no mention at all that the PCB’s logo should also be shown, as they are equal partners in these projects.
Although the PCB is 50-50 partner in the organisation of the Abu Dhabi games on April 18 and 19 and of proposed ODI matches over the next five years at off shore venues, yet to be finalised, the tender document does not state this at all and gives the impression that the BCCI is independently organising the games and is responsible for sale of their rights.
Interestingly, the BCCI has mentioned no reserve price for the two Abu Dhabi games although a PCB source confirmed that a reserve price of US$7 million had been agreed for each match and US$3 million for the ground advertising rights, all being marketed by India.
Intriguingly, the BCCI has floated the tender document after the PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan wrote to them recently making it clear that Pakistan would not play any of the planned offshore ODI series against them (excluding Abu Dhabi games) in the year that both countries play each other in a bilateral series.
Since India has toured Pakistan this year and Pakistan is due to visit India next year there is no chance of these offshore games being organised before 2008 and the PCB source wondered why the rush to also sell television rights of games, venues and dates of which are yet to be finalised by both boards.
Saleem Altaf, the PCB’s director cricket operations, when contacted made it clear that a memorandum of understanding on the offshore games for the next five years had yet to be signed with the Indian board. “We’ll be signing a MoU with them (the BCCI) on these matches soon but we feel these cannot be launched before 2008.”
When one asked him why the Indians were independently handling the sale marketing of the Abu Dhabi games without referring to Pakistan as a joint partner, Altaf said a joint committee was looking after all the arrangements.
He was then reminded if this was the case why the BCCI was insisting on successful bidders to only display its logo during the television broadcasts in its tender document.
The interesting thing is that Pakistan has still to receive final settlement of accounts from India on the organisation of two previous joint ventures – the 1996 World Cup and the tri-series held in Holland in 2004. But instead of it being a case of twice bitten shy, the PCB apparently is allowing the Indians to handle all the marketing of the Abu Dhabi games and even the planned offshore matches despite having a strong marketing department themselves. Altaf, however, insisted that it had been agreed to operate a joint account for the Abu Dhabi matches.

Altaf said one Omar Al Askari, a businessman, is representing Pakistan with the ADCC in the organisation of the matches in Abu Dhabi so it was wrong to say Pakistan had no say in the marketing of these games.
Askari is said to be a business associate of the ICC president Ehsan Mani whose brother Dilawar Mani is also based in Abu Dhabi. Asked about rumours that Dilawar was involved in the marketing of the Abu Dhabi games and representing Pakistan, Altaf said this was not true at all and Dilawar had no involvement at all in the marketing or organisation of the matches nor was he representing Pakistan in any capacity.
The question is: why should anyone be representing Pakistan at all in the marketing of these games when the PCB are equal partners and itself has a highly-paid marketing department which in the past has even travelled to the United Kingdom, Dubai and India to sign deals for the board. Marketing experts are also questioning the logic of selling off rights of the Abu Dhabi and the offshore matches separately when both boards could easily enough earn more by selling it in a bundle sponsorship deal as is being done these days in other countries.
World Sports Group (WSG) Nimbus, who have brought the television rights of Indian cricket for US$612 million for the next few years, are said to be in the run to get the television rights of the Abu Dhabi games. Indian media has already reported that the WSG is struggling to make profits from the ongoing India-England series after having signed the contract with the BCCI.

SOURCE: http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/242685.html

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the pakistani members of the forum r so happy that u have portrayed pcb as beggars…

when shall ur hatred come to an end???

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^Read the article I posted in full and also fkhan2's post. The article is from DAWN - a Pak Newspaper. What I wrote was the impression I got from reading the article.

Dont know from where you got the idea of the hatred stuff.

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This is what happens when you have incompetent adhoc cricket board.

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I am an American Citizen and I would like to say why the **** are you so interested in cricket. It lacks the true manliness that a sport must have. It has no contact, no speed, no steroids, no girl groupies. It seems so damn boring. Cricket is for pansies. They play with wide bats, which make it a whole lot easier to hit and makes it easier to catch. It involves no intellect either. No strategy and not very much skill. Cricket is even less exciting to watch then bowling.

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lagta hai Punjaban ke baraN baj gaie…:smiley:

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so what are you doing here in this forum?

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me like punjabi girls...so shes rite guys!!! :D

Your dream job!
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yeah, you can watch the so powerful Golf :k:, ab yahan se jaao shabash :stuck_out_tongue:

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Itana bhi nahi pata…larkiyan cricketsirf afridi ke liye dekhati hain:blush: .otherwise cricket is so boring.isse achcha to hamar langadi taang ka game hai.punjaban kuri u r so rite:)

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to Afridi gilli danda khelta hai kia?

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haan kyonki cricket is rifined form of gulli danda:halo:

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Its far more interesting and manly than golf which is so popular in America...I think Tiger Woods is a pansy.Fast bowling involves athleticism and speed.I think its more interesting than baseball too because baseball lacks variety and creativity.

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Pakistani players may have problems getting visa for America if they decide to play in San fran so they might wanna re-think that.

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itnay dinon se ye jawab soch rahi thee? :hehe:

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ji nahi yeh samajhne ki koshish kar rahi thi ki yeh gulli -danda kis bala ka naam hai:D

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only if you would have watched ... "Laagan" (Aamir-Khan's movie) :p

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ji lagaan movie to dekhi hai par us mein kahin par kisi ko gulli danda khelate nahi dikhaya bas naam liya hai:confused: