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Article: Money and Muscle 'Asia' gets the 2011 World Cup-but wouldn't some other country benefit more by hosting it?
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- India Today
- Article date:
- April 15, 2006
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The cricket World Cup comes to "Asia" in 2011. Ho hum. India's
clout in world cricket is proven, and often demonstrated in not very
pretty ways. The "Asian" World Cup bid, piggybacked largely by Indian
influence and corporate spending, was submitted late, and, according
to some, didn't exactly meet some of the criteria, but no matter. On
numbers alone, Indian cricket is hard to stand up against.
In the past 15 years, India has played the game's Che Guevara,
ushered in the revolution, shifted the epicentre of world cricket to
the subcontinent and proved its point. No more can England and
Australia dictate lopsided schedules, selective touring itineraries
or World Cups. The old order ...