Arka Sarkar

Former Process Engineer/ Ex Graduate Student / Inorganic Chemistry / Solid State Chemistry / Iowa State University, Ames, USA // Sports enthusiast (🏏/🏈/⚽️)

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@ragav_x @JayShah The latter two are more important.

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@ragav_x Regional qualifier is better in some sense: it provides diverse representation which imo is more important than absolute merit. Soccer does that too.

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@IndianTechGuide I lost interest in the very first week. The main reason: flat batting tracks! It makes the game extremely boring. Not sure why whoever is in charge thinks that 200+ scores in every game makes it more attractive!

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@thatscricketjm He has been signed for about $80k, not $1mn.

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@PimPom93 @IreCricketMemes Give India another 30-40 years to reach a moderate to high purchasing power, which might bring more luxury in life for most middle class. Once that happens, you might see people caring more about things like fringe leagues in sports.

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@PimPom93 @IreCricketMemes I am not saying it was the main argument. Colonial impact + big population delays the overall development of a country. So many peoples’ priorities are more about survival than following sports — at least on a per capita basis.

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@IreCricketMemes Also consider the fact that about 100 years ago, when the football club culture was just getting established in the UK, majority of the Indians were still barely surviving. The UK football culture had a stable environment to evolve through generational fanbase for 100+ years.

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@IreCricketMemes I dont think that would be a good comparison. India was a colony until 80 years ago, and still developing and thus have much lower purchasing power than the UK. Purchasing power and standard of living shifts your priorities for a big part of the population.

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@PankajSard27965 @CricCrazyJohns Yes especially Sanjeev Goenka needs to stay out of the dressing room & stay away from the cricketers! 🤣

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@BdJcricket Weird! Grok usually doesn’t fail on complex maths 😂

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@WG_RumblePants +Jersey 🇯🇪

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@BdJcricket Fox Cricket Australia = mostly clickbait + ragebait 😛

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@BarryOKeeffe68 @BdJcricket DLS is way more complex math than ICC rankings. ICC rankings are rather straight forward 😂

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@ChetanD47297295 @cricket_broken Good but then the length of the group stage would become too long (60 group games), resulting in a lot of dead rubbers by the end. Not sure the governing body would prefer that at this point.

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@goutam_vancity @cricket_broken Top 3 from each group + the best placed 4th team = 16 teams. This kinda qualification happens all the time in European football.

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@mrneilmorrow @footyindustryAU I thought about that too. However unlike IPL and the other leagues, BBL has built its brand without many top global and Aussie test cricketers. So they should not have much issue with that part. Currently not possible but maybe inevitable in the future.

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@mrneilmorrow @footyindustryAU …There will be some immediate dip in attendance, but will optimize in a few years, and create a more lasting and passionate fandom for teams, like other sports leagues. BBL, unlike other cricket leagues, have 1 big advantage: it grew without big Aussie and international stars(2)

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@mrneilmorrow @footyindustryAU I feel like the bigger question should be if the league being only a month and a half long can have less lasting effect on fans’ memories once a season is over. Best thing to do is start the league in early Nov and play until mid-Feb, but keeping it weekend only (1)

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@GMaxiFan A few months back he called Zimbabwe and Ireland as ‘associates’ or something like that instead of ‘test nations’. Clearly his podcasts are more based on his opinions and less based on cricket facts.