If you repeat a half-truth or a lie often enough, it can begin to sound like the truth. That happens a lot in Indian cricket these days, over everything from fitness updates to blanket statements about the Indian Premier League. Last week, I listened to a discussion on ESPNCricinfo about Indian cricket’s future that involved a former selector who also played seven one-day internationals for the national team.
He watches a lot of domestic cricket and offered sane and measured answers to most questions. Until the IPL cropped up, in conjunction with India’s miserable performance on the tour of England. At that stage, he said: “Let’s blame the IPL for India winning the World Cup.” It was meant to be a sarcastic aside, but it had very sinister undertones on two levels.
Firstly, it was intellectually dishonest to associate a Twenty20 competition with success in the far more demanding 50-over game. Sachin Tendulkar, Jacques Kallis and several other great Test players have shown that it’s possible to adapt ‘down’ to the less challenging format. The reverse is certainly not true. You only have to look at the overhyped Kieron Pollard’s struggles outside of Twenty20 to see that.
Secondly, he neglected to mention that he was part of the management team of an IPL franchise. When better known names than him are guilty of similar conflicts of interest, it makes no sense to single him out, but it says much about how reasoned debate on charting a proper course for Indian cricket has been compromised by most stakeholders having vested interests.
The media is equally guilty for not jumping on these lies and half-truths often enough. Instead of ranting about what Nasser Hussain – who’s paid to offer a forthright opinion – thinks of India’s admittedly terrible fielding, they should be looking to expose statements like that made by the former selector.
Let’s leave aside sarcasm and emotion and focus on facts. The IPL is a Twenty20 event. How has it helped India in that format? Prior to the franchise system starting in 2008, India won the inaugural World Twenty20. Subsequent campaigns in 2009 and 2010 produced only embarrassing exits, with technical foibles exposed even in the format where it’s easiest to camouflage them.
Both those tournaments came on the back of a six-week-long IPL season, and fatigue played a big part in India’s underwhelming performances. That isn’t the view of a columnist with an axe to grind. Gary Kirsten said as much in 2009, at which point he was quietly told to zip it or else.
Such censorship of facts has spread its tentacles elsewhere too. For the last three seasons, Cricinfo’s writers have not been allowed to cover international cricket within India, or the IPL. The reasons given have varied, but usually involve an insincere line about the ‘official’ website needing to protect its interests.
That’s frankly ludicrous. Cricinfo’s live scorecard and commentary remain the go-to medium for almost anyone who’s stuck in an office. Most cricket fans either haven’t heard of the official website, or don’t care for it. Why would you read the sanitised “party line” when you can get better?
As someone who once worked for Cricinfo full time and still contributes the odd column, I’ve often been told that it doesn’t best express the interests of India and Indian cricket. That’s quite perplexing. Cricinfo is a global resource, the game’s answer to the BBC or CNN when it comes to comprehensive and usually objective coverage. Of course, individual writers will have their biases, but editorial policy has never been skewed in favour of one particular country.
India’s World Cup win was lauded, as it needed to be, and much of what’s rotten about the system keeps being pointed out. By denying such an outlet access, you’re more or less admitting that you have things to hide. It has served no purpose either. Cricinfo’s viewership continues to grow rapidly with greater Internet connectivity. The official sites remain third-rate and of little use, either for informed comment or statistical analysis.
Indian cricket has more going for it than it realises – the biggest player pool, limitless financial backing and a huge passionate fan base. All that’s missing is honest introspection. It’s hard to do that with your finger in several pies.
*This article was published in The Sunday Guardian on September 4, 2011.
[…] Read more: BCCI, censorship and Cricinfo « Doosra Redux […]
Dileep, Your reader friendliness in making the piece public is much appreciated. I think IPL deserves some credit for India winning WC. Nasser Hussain too has said so. In terms of soaking up home pressure and all that… But as with most things the black & white viewpoint is not helping matters at all.
First intelligent article written by an Indian about Indian cricket since the start of the tour. Thank you.
Martin, your comment shows that you have not been reading much from the start of tour and also that guys are as much biased as we are made in front the world.
[…] Continued here: BCCI, censorship and Cricinfo « Doosra Redux […]
[…] Follow this link: BCCI, censorship and Cricinfo « Doosra Redux […]
ohhhh BBC… Don’t believe it. In our country it referred as Barbarian Broadcasting Corporation.
1. Take away ESPN’s input from Indian cricket and Indian sponsors from ESPN and what are you left with?
2. Trying to censor coverage of a public game is like using your hands to stop a flood.
3. Many signs point to a commercial bubble being about to burst.
Excellent blog…every word is so true.
There is a lot in the article I agree with; but to say that the IPL has played no role in Inida being a very good ODI side sort of misses its mark..Hussain, Warne, Bravo, Shastri, Wasim Akram and several players who have played at the highest level and probably understand the game better say so I suggest you read this piece by some one who is playing the game http://www.sify.com/sports/ipl-has-helped-youngsters-overcome-fear-news-columns-leukcAbcgjc.html
apart from Hussain, every single name you mention has something at stake in the IPL. How can their views be unbiased?
[…] BCCI, censorship and Cricinfo Doosra Redux […]
dileep do not get me wrong, what we are seeing is a sort of class bias among elite journos; everything to do with the IPL is bad and evil; everyone who speaks in favour of the IPL is biased; using your logic people who speak against the IPL are jealous in some way as they are not making the millions that those associated with it do; if the current indian , international and domestic indian players are saying that the IPL is helping them play better ODI cricket I think we should not be so cynical about it
I’ve never been anti-IPL. I can safely say that no journalist has covered more games than me over the course of the four seasons. For the most part, I’ve found it hugely enjoyable too. What concerns me right now is that someone whose ties with the IPL are beyond dispute is running Indian cricket. And we can no longer be sure if the national team is first priority. Also, IPL scheduling has been a disaster. In 2009, 2010, and 2011, the national side’s performance has clearly been impacted by the strains of a full IPL season. I’m arguing based on facts. Those that defend it blindly are not.
Once again, I refer you to Gary Kirsten’s comments in 2009. I think he was in the best position to judge what impact it had on the Indian team.
I guess its wrong to blame IPL for everything…It really played a part in helping India win the worldcup…..it helped indian players to handle pressure situations very well and gave the youngesters the confidence that they can chase any target….
we like it or not T20 & IPL is here to stay….I surely believe IPL has helped Indian cricket immensely in One day cricket…..Some one can ask….why India had lost T20 worldcup then??….the answer is simple…..all the major tourneys we played after every IPL we lost….I guess the problem lies in scheduling…..we should keep our international calendar free from April till July 2nd week……complete IPL by may end and hve that 6 week rest……one more way to encourage younger players to play test cricket is…..put a limit on IPL Salary cap for players who didnt represent in test cricket for India….and BCCI should stop hosting meaningless ODI series…..ODI series should always be part of full tour….i dont understand the need to organize 5 odis vs eng in India..right after the Eng tour…
While many spoke of player and fan fatigue as regards IPL following WC, i wonder what the sports writers felt ? How can one write about a match they were not too enthused to watch in the first place ?
Dileep, you end with a demand for honest introspection. But one of the more honest men, Anil Kumble says there is “no crisis” as regards our spin stocks.
http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article2427459.ece?homepage=true
VVS pointed this current spin crisis few years back. Coming from someone like VVS, it was very worrying and unexpected for those of us not following domestic game closely.
[…] If you only read one thing today, make it the lyrics from Baz Luhrmann’s Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen). Obviously. You should read them every day, you know that. But if you read another thing, make it this courageous and alarming piece from the superb Dileep Premachandran. […]
Couple of points
1.”Both those tournaments came on the back of a six-week-long IPL season, and fatigue played a big part in India’s underwhelming performances. That isn’t the view of a columnist with an axe to grind. Gary Kirsten said as much in 2009, at which point he was quietly told to zip it or else.”
The current ICC FTP came into play in 2006, for a duration of 6 years. At the time it came into play, T20 was a “bums on the seats, money in the pockets” venture that only the ECB and affiliated counties were keen on. In 2007, The ICC unanimously voted to hold the first T20 World Cup in South Africa, there was no window for said tournament, and it wreaked havc with India’s schedules ( the Pak tour had to be pushed back, the Oz tour started later than expected, there was just the one warm up game that was washed out). On the back of the 2007 WC win, the IPL came into existence, and in all the 4 years it has been around, has struggled to find a window. It is only now that some semblance of order is coming into play.
A cursory glance at the new FTP (http://static.icc-cricket.yahoo.net/ugc/documents/DOC_83566A70EFB4F782698EBAD340BA83C3_1314172988473_240.pdf)
shows that going forward, India plays no competitive cricket between Mid April through Mid June. Couple this with Mr Raman Sundar’s comments on Cricinfo (http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/521952.html) and there is every reason to believe that both the schedules and the duration are up for review, keeping with TV and viewer requirements.
Were the first five years of the IPL’s existence a compromise? Yes.
Is there a window for the IPL in the next 8 years? Yes.
Should the BCCI be applauded for pushing this through? Are you kidding me, its the BCCI for crying out aloud. They are good for nothing.
2. “India’s World Cup win was lauded, as it needed to be, and much of what’s rotten about the system keeps being pointed out.”
No mention about the fact that it was ESPN who was the host broadcaster and it is on their insistence on a minimum number of games that leads to bloated World Cups.
We have this – http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/video_audio/498419.html but no mention of the same during the World Cup, despite pretty much the same issues in play – truncated screens with ads dotting the L, 5 ball overs,more ads than cricket etc.
And then you have gems like these – http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/519453.html
Yup, Cricinfo are a paragon of integrity upholding the highest traditions of journalism.Not corporate sellouts..
And I am the monkey’s uncle!
Cheers,
[…] If you only read one thing today, make it the lyrics from Baz Luhrmann’s Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen). Obviously. You should read them every day, you know that. But if you read another thing, make it this courageous and alarming piece from the superb Dileep Premachandran. […]
How come you never mentioned Sachin’s name even once in this article. Article lost its merit.
I fail to understand why cricinfo is all that important. They don’t serve a news function as they depend on other media organizations for providing that. They just provide opinions and believe it or not – Most human beings are capable of forming that, provided that they get the “actual unadulterated facts”.
Is Cricinfo really all that better compared to the numerous independent blogs and newspapers out there? I don’t think so. You can feel the very real passion of these bloggers and you can have a sane discussions on these blogs. Neither of which is possible in cricinfo. On issues like the DRS, some bloggers like Kartikeya Date have provided greater technical information and deeper understanding of the issue.
As for bias – just take a look at the Surfer page through the Eng-India series : how many indian writers and newspapers are featured there compared to English writers? My pet theory regarding Anti-india bias in their articles is it occurs because Cricinfo is India-centric but wants to feel like an international media org. Look at their HQ(Bangalore), their greater focus on Ranji trophy and IPL compared to other domestic competitions etc…
I am not sure if Cricinfo is to be fully blamed for the absence of sane discussion !
I have read people calling Cricinfo as Indophiles and Indophobes. Not sure if either is correct. It is highly dependent on the writers.
For sure, there are some very good writers on the blogosphere but Cricinfo is one-stop shop for all cricket news and opinions. The Surfer does link to individual bloggers too and with Inbox et al., it is becoming really a one-stop shop.
I think domestic coverage is highly dependent on the no: of local journalists working for Cricinfo. Australia, England and India receive very good domestic coverage. Not surprising. I think SA has only Firdoose Moonda and similar issues with other countries. I would be curious to know if cricinfo is unable to get people in these countries or they aren’t willing to for other reasons ?
Blogs can provide opinion and nothing more. Most bloggers have zero access to the realities at ground level, whether that’s talking to players, watching practices and net sessions or insight gleaned in other ways. Which is precisely why it’s silly to compare a blog to Cricinfo.
And yes, others report news too, but no other site covers cricket as comprehensively, whether that’s domestic or international or associate cricket.
(Sorry for ranting) Well, look at today’s page in Cricinfo:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/current/story/531457.html
An article which pretty much quotes TOI whose dross I receive everyday on my doorstep.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/current/story/531475.html
Another one from the Hindu. Really, what elso does Cricinfo do other than opine? They have the rare interview every 2 weeks or so, but majority of the news is from other sources which I can get from Google News.
And as for editorial policy, look at the Howard controversy. There were 2 rabble-rousing articles from Haigh, 1 from Bhogle, 1 from Bal and an article selectively quoting Speed all supporting him in the first 2 days. It took 3 days for Howard’s past to get highlighted. How do we know that Murdoch’s relationship with Howard was not involved here?
I have been reading Cricinfo for years now and I can’t see what great insights I have gotten from it. Nobody commented on the fact that the ODI leg of Ind-Eng series had 3 practice matches and nearly 2 weeks gap after the tests ended. Really, 4-5 days were enough. That time could have been used before the tests. Why was this not focussed? Again, I hear complaints about Aus tour scheduling (re) the lack of practice matches prior to the test series. What about the meaninglessly long (40days) Tri-series that has been suddenly brought back to life after that? Why complain about long IPLs and WCs in the face of this elephant? This is an obvious attempt by CA to maximise profits, yet not a single word has been written on it. If there was common sense in the world, Aus would accomodate India by allowing the players more time before the test series in lieu of the tri series. If that meant breaking with the Boxing day and New year’s test traditions, so be it. Yet, such precious insights would strike our cricket writers only after all has been done & dusted.
Andrew Miller on yesterday’s match:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-india-2011/content/current/story/531435.html
Read his previous articles. This is one of a series where he insists on saying that England have “The Greatest Level Of Desire of any team playing the game” and also implies that India are not trying hard enough. Really, how do you measure such intangibles? and how can you lamely imply that 1 team is not trying. There’s no greater accusation of a sportsman other than fixing.
Again, sorry for Ranting, but Cricinfo being the pinnacle of Cricket journalism, I dont think so…
Actually, Cricinfo’s coverage of the Indian domestic system is laughable Like all others, CI is focussed only on India’s international cricket. And as regards access etc, Sharda Ugra’s rant on MSD missing an optional press conference was right up there with the worst that the blogosphere had to offer.
And the less said about insights, the better! If a lay person like me can see the imbalance brought into the current FTP because of the introduction of T20 cricket, and its knock on effects on IPL scheduling, and the correction brought about in the next FTP to accommodate the IPL, then surely the worthies at Cricinfo towers should see this and more.. Yet, there seems to be a morbid fixation with the IPL and how it has doomed Indian cricket, as reflected in the string of articles that find thier way on the front page of the website.
Cheers,
On Howard, I don’t see how Harsha and Sambit were supporting him. Sambit said that except SL nobody expressed the reasons for their opposition. This is the first time a proposed candidate had been rejected by ICC members. So, don’t you think a reason was needed ? Sambit also later wrote : Stop Canonising Howard. There were Christian Ryan and Mukul Kesavan as well criticising Howard’s nomination. I am not a fan of Howard’s candidature but that does not mean anybody should not support him.
Yogesh, when it comes to staff, the market dictates the number really. If there are X users in West Indies and 1000X in India, obviously there will be more staff in India. Even South Africa initially didn’t have a dedicated correspondent. Australia now has two instead of the earlier one. They’ve just hired the excellent Mohammad Isam in Bangladesh as well.
And yes, individual writers have biases. I know I have mine. But by and large, I still believe Cricinfo represents the broadest range of opinions out there for any major issue.
Thanks Dileep. Not just you, anyone who regularly reads you know that you have a bias towards Holding & co 🙂
Dear Dileep,
Was trying to find a way to mail this link to you. Just a few thoughts on the recent tour to England. Just want to know what you feel.
http://dontreacttoh.blogspot.com/2011/09/disastrous-tour-of-indian-cricket-team.html
Sorry for spamming here. No offence to anybody.
Cheers!
Dileep, First of all, big fan. There have been many a times that I have ripped sentences from your awesome columns for FB status messages. Thanks for making me look so intelligent.
This goes to Homer and MKD, and all other cricinfo baiters, Cricinfo is not a website, it is something else. it is the most comprehensive sport site, full stop. No other site, in any other sport comes close to it. You can’t form an opinion on a website with three articles. Come on you can do better than that. Also is it cricinfo’s fault that all the awesome cricket writing comes from england and Australia. Point out one good Indian Cricket writer, and I will point out four. Even I read the guardian for better cricket reporting. And please don’t quote Shaz and Sunny, everyone knows who they actually write for.
Also, It is standard practice in journalistic circles, to quote from other websites or newspapers. For every article quoted by cricinfo from times, there will be three in times which have been attributed to cricinfo. So does that mean times is bad. I don’t think so.
And finally the tour schedule is given to the BCCI for approval. If they wanted only five days of rest after the test series they should have told ECB so, why didn’t they do it? And how was it commercially helpful? Similarly it is with BCCI’s blessing that the tri series in australia has been revived. Why can’t BCCI just say No? Your guess is as good as mine.
Whatever people like MKD and Homer say, Cricinfo for me is one of the best websites in the Internet today. and it will always be
KS,
To answer your question – Rohit Brijnath. And no one comes close, no Englishman or Australian..
And for what its worth, the inaccuracies in the Australian and English narratives, so slanted towards their home countries, and echoed ad nauseum, may define the story, but dont really make it “awesome cricket writing “.
And Cricinfo is merely more of the same..
For a sports site, as you call it, does Cricinfo deserve the same privileges as main stream media, including access to players and stadia? Does Cricinfo adhere to the same journalistic standards and ethics as required of other newspapers, and if it does, what is the jurisdiction and laws that it abides by?
As regards tour schedules, let it not be forgotten that the ECB is contractually obligated to play certain specific number of Tests and ODIs during their home season and the final schedule is but a compromise agreed upon by both boards.. And a quick search in the lead up to the final itinerary will point you to a string of selected leaks that had made their way to said English newspapers, slating BCCI attitudes towards proposed itineraries… And let it also be on record that there was adverse media reaction to India playing just the 3 Tests and 7 ODIs in England in 2007, resulting in a lot of unfair criticism of the BCCI.
Also, the tri series in Australia has been revived more because of Channel 9 leaning on CA and because the 10 ODIs , split between 2 sets of 5 ODIs each, has been found to be non viable commercially ( a search of Australian newspapers around the time of the tri series revival will point to this).
It has become fashionable, nay almost a reflex, to blame everything on this planet to the BCCI, irrespective of facts or the agendas of the parties involved.
Somehow, we are to believe that in a pristine pure world, shorn of agendas, the BCCI is the one entity that is the fount everything that is wrong.. And so pervasive is its power that the entire pristine pure world bends over backwards to accommodate its whines..
If only it were that simple.
And Cricinfo is as much an commercial enterprise, with the same need for eyeballs and ad money as the next commercial site.. So lets not get holistic about the functions of Cricinfo or any other cricket website and start attributing virtues that are neither called for nor deserved.
Cheers,
Homer,
Agreed that not all the ills of the planet can be attributed to BCCI and that the other boards are not pristine enterprises shorn of agendas.
But which other leading board (ECB & ACB being the other two) sends its team to a major away series one week before the first test without a warm-up match ? Despite it being obvious that every first test has been a disaster, you have a board that still ecnourages such disasters. Which other board has told its leading player (Rahul Dravid before 2003-04 Aussie tour) that he should be prepared to play without enough warm-up games ? Which other board with so much clout has never managed to eke out a well-defined home season ? This, despite Rahul Dravid telling so on at least 2 (and probably many more) occasions publicly. It shows a board not intent on winning cricket matches and such a board deserves that bit of criticism coming towards it.
Compare what ECB & ACB did after their disastrous series and what BCCI has done now. Doesn’t it tell who is the worst of the lot ? There has been enough criticism of ACB and ECB on Cricinfo by Aussie & English writers too. But among the three powerful boards, BCCI is the one which has consistently hampered their team from winning cricket matches.
Of other boards bending to accommodate BCCI’s wishes, they are equally culpable for being complicit to BCCI. For, BCCI cannot generate money by playing India A vs India B. They are as much dependent on playing Eng, Pak or Australia.
Do you imply that mainstream media has lofty journalistic ethics and standards that put Cricinfo into shame ? I do not get why Cricinfo is undeserving of its privileges but others are very deserving of it…
@Yogesh,
1. England played the 2006/07 Ashes with very little warm up. Also, Indi has had its best starts to Tests in 2006 vs South Africa and 2009 vs New Zealand, and in both cases we played our T20/ODI set before the Tests. So, maybe there is a case to be made on revisiting our itinerary instead of pushing for more warm up games, a POV that doesnt find much favor with the current setup.
2. It will be a worthwhile exercise to see how much of the Schoefield report has actually been implemented and how much of its recommendations remain on paper. And the Argus report is a work in progress. So I will be wary of assigning adjectives like “worst”, in the absence of sufficient data.
3. Dileep’s point – “For the last three seasons, Cricinfo’s writers have not been allowed to cover international cricket within India, or the IPL. ” – compares to whom if not the mainstream media? Discount the ball by ball commentary, a service that is provided by multiple outlets, what is the overlap between the MSM and CI? And if the overlap is access to players and stadia and reporting, then doesnt Cricinfo have to adhere to the same journalistic standards and ethics as required of other newspapers?
Cheers,
@Homer,
(1) England had 2 3-day warm-up games and one ODI vs Presidents XI. Can you recount the last time India had 2 warm-up games ? I think it was the 2003-04 Aussie tour and no surprise that India started well in that tour. Yes, having ODIs before Tests will help but still given the differences between the two teams now, don’t you think Test warm-ups are necessary ?
(2) At least the two reports showed that the respective boards at least agreed that there was a problem. Wasn’t Sutherland lambasted for saying no-problem with selection after the Ashes ? Compare this with what N.S. has said about England tour. That is why i called it the “worst”.
(3). On standards & ethics, are you claiming that Cricinfo doesn’t adhere to same standards as TOI, HT, IE, The Hindu et al ? I would like to know in what way you think the mainstream media has better standards than Cricinfo ?
Anyways, I do not remember hearing from IPL Commissioner that, lack of ethics is the reason for not allowing Cricinfo. The reason given was that IPL had its own website and probably wanted a monopoly over the web coverage of IPL. But other international cricket ? That sounds petty and small-minded.
Media has been negative about BCCI, sometimes unreasonably as well. For ex., the DRS issue. But a lot of times, it is BCCI that has brought it upon itself by some poor scheduling, itinerary and spectator unfriendliness. Don’t get me started on toilets and last-minute schedule announcements. It is not for lack of money but for lack of will.
Yes, Cricinfo sometimes tends to be quite dreary with daily match analysis et al. by two sides but i still think they are a better site for cricket news/columns than any other website. My personal favourites are Gleanings, Ask Steven, Martin Williamson’s and some interviews. I do not know any other website that has such features. I would be quite happy to hear from you if there are any other comprehensive cricket websites.
Yogesh..No point in trying to rebut Homer about Cricinfo. It is not going to affect us and our stance that Cricinfo is right up there, amongst the best in the world. He is just making vague and incoherent points to justify his stand against cricinfo, which does not merit our time.
But Homer because of your strong support for BCCI let me ask you this
1. Why aren’t people like Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Munaf Patel and other promising youngsters being encouraged to play county cricket? Zaheer Khan got a second lease of life playing for Worcestershire. Don’t you think Raina and Kohli will get over their phobia for short balls playing for three months in English conditions and wickets? Why can’t BCCI just force them to go at the cost of not playing IPL? Or is their cricket not as important as the moolah for BCCI?
2. Why were Sehwag and Zaheer not stopped from playing IPL? It was common knowledge that both of them were carrying injuries and have a ‘FRAGILE’ label stamped over them. Why were they forced to play a 14 matches in 30 days, with an interval of sometimes 1 day, traveling millions of kilometers that too just after the world cup? Can’t BCCI just ask them to sit out and compensate them for the loss of pay? Or is it just that for the BCCI the Indian team is secondary and interests of IPL team owners come first?
3. Also in a meeting between the franchisee owners and the BCCI, which side of the table will the current BCCI President sit? What is the guarantee that he will keep the interests of the country in mind over that of the franchises given that he owns one? And in which country does the chairman of selectors work for a franchise?
And since that man has taken over, Don’t you see an increase in the number of players from that particular franchise?
Most of the members of BCCI are randomly selected, the functioning is ad-hoc at best. I will go ahead and label Indian Sporting bodies as the worst in the world and BCCI only the best among the worst. If the Australian, English and the South African boards had so much money and market, Cricket would only be next to football in the pantheon of world sports.
And finally tell me One innovation, one contribution to world cricket by the BCCI? One is all I ask.
Great article, i have bookmarked this Blog….
BCCI is one of the strongest Board among the Others and its monopoly over ICC.
Well,Media isn’t always right.Media just wants to create a controversy,same is the case with this matter.BBC just wants to create a hype and wants its channel on top.Nothing else.
You could definitely see your skills within the work you write. The sector hopes for more passionate writers such as you who aren’t afraid to say how they believe. Always follow your heart.