2 leads here try to find the reason Test Cricket is dying but do not explore it to the depths, hence this documentary is a half hearted attempt.
As one of the review said here, initially they dont know what is their problem statement and who is the culprit and in the end they fix it on English,Aussie and India cricket board as well as IPL.
Muvi portrays that above 3 cricket boards try to control ICC and distribute most revenue among themselves as most of it is generated by their countries only,leaving the other test nations in bankrupt state. Also Indian board is shown as a autocratic entity which is only trying to mint money.
Now the first problem is, this movie was released in 2015 but by then, almost all countries have got their own Leagues and everyone is minting money by it, but nothing is mentioned of that sort here. If you try to put Ipl as main reason why test cricket is dying then u need to show that all countries have got their leagues also.
Also, it is shown that english/aussie and indian board take most percentage of revenue among themselves. But as a matter of fact, india do makes more than 70% of revenue alone for ICC and i dont see any reason why it should not strive for higher revenue percentage.
The case show of Srinivasan is true and later he was removed from his positions and his team suspended from IPl. I would agree on that point.
In the end, Test cricket is being savoured by organizing Test Championship where India and NZ will play its final in near future.
Also as a closing note, its the audience which decides what has to stay and what not, people are enjoying T2o format more and more and test quality is going down where teams are unable to compete for 5 days.
As one of the review said here, initially they dont know what is their problem statement and who is the culprit and in the end they fix it on English,Aussie and India cricket board as well as IPL.
Muvi portrays that above 3 cricket boards try to control ICC and distribute most revenue among themselves as most of it is generated by their countries only,leaving the other test nations in bankrupt state. Also Indian board is shown as a autocratic entity which is only trying to mint money.
Now the first problem is, this movie was released in 2015 but by then, almost all countries have got their own Leagues and everyone is minting money by it, but nothing is mentioned of that sort here. If you try to put Ipl as main reason why test cricket is dying then u need to show that all countries have got their leagues also.
Also, it is shown that english/aussie and indian board take most percentage of revenue among themselves. But as a matter of fact, india do makes more than 70% of revenue alone for ICC and i dont see any reason why it should not strive for higher revenue percentage.
The case show of Srinivasan is true and later he was removed from his positions and his team suspended from IPl. I would agree on that point.
In the end, Test cricket is being savoured by organizing Test Championship where India and NZ will play its final in near future.
Also as a closing note, its the audience which decides what has to stay and what not, people are enjoying T2o format more and more and test quality is going down where teams are unable to compete for 5 days.