Why are IPL teams not giving preference to local players?
Yes, it is indeed pitiable to watch that there are hardly any local players in most of the team. E.g. No Bengalis in Kolkata Knight Riders, Only One Kannadiga in Royal Challengers Bangalore, only one Andhra Player in Deccan Chargers, only one Keralite in Kochi Tuskers on some occasions etc.
As the rule suggests that not more than 4 overseas players are allowed per side, should the rule also suggest that there should be atleast 3 local players per match.
Please check that 4 + 3 = 7, and that still leaves 4 places for Indian players from other states.
T J2011-04-19T06:14:53Z
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There are some concerns already with foreign captains not using local bowlers i.e. Warne's usage of his bowlers against a loss to KKR recently my post re that ---- Maybe yes as he was trying to win a lost game so he went with his best bowlers first so nothing wrong with that as it is IPL has imposed a cap on foreign players which will look after Indian player's interests unlike major EPL teams who are now owned by Americans & play 11 foreign footballers with foreign coach, Arsenal F.C. & Chelsea are few of d big teams to do so & it hasn't gone this bad in IPL !! Now your concern re local players I think u r right IPL & franchisee needs to look at this aspect as well so a rule for 3 local talents has to be implemented else local interest will become zero !!
IPL franchisees have become more professional than sentimental now. While a few teams have benefitted from buying outside players, others, particularly Delhi Daredevils have badly suffered.
There are 22 players currently participating in IPL-2011 from the city of Delhi only, which is way above any other state's figure! That makes it a good 2 teams comprising Delhi players only. Yet only 1 of them- Virender Sehwag has featured for the Delhi Daredevils yet in this IPL. This team has lost many of its local players of the past 3 editions, viz. Gautam Gambhir, Pradeep Sangwan, Ashish Nehra, Rajat Bhatia, Shikhar Dhawan, Mithun Manhas and Amit Mishra to other teams. Kolkata and Bangalore have immensely benefitted from Delhi's loss! :D
And all this loss has cost the Delhi Daredevils dearly. From being the foremost contender to the IPL title in the first 3 editions, they've started this tournament as underdogs, such a crash! With 3 losses out of 4, they don't seem to be heading anywhere.
So, yes this time the franchisees have preferred to pick up a winning combination than go by the sentiments of the native people. It may pay for some while backfire for others.
I agree that it should be like that, but the nature of competition means that now all the teams just want the absolute best that they can get, or at least that's a preference over the locality of the players.
It's similar to most sports, like premier league football, it's not about where the players are from.
I guess it's good in a way because it seems unfair that just because a player lives in one region they are less favourable in another or the other way, if an area where the standards of cricket aren't as great - but like you said there's still four spaces for outside of state players. You make a very convincing point - I completely agree with you
There is one Bengali speaking player in KKR, Shakib. He is from Bangladesh. Other than Ganguly, they have had Bengali players like Wicketkeeper Saha and Laxmi Ratan Shukla featuring in previous IPLs. But no one from West Bengal this year. Local players does not mean state players it means Indian players. We are a union and not a federation.
Because teams are not made by govt authorities or state authorities, it is made by private parties. So they didnt gave preference to the development of local players. And I think it is right. IPL is a competitive tournament so the development of players should be done on any other platform not on the IPL. IPL is just a competition and entertainment.