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This is an archive article published on July 18, 2008

No such thing as too much cricket, says Manohar

India8217;s one-day and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni might have decided his body needs a break...

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India8217;s one-day and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni might have decided his body needs a break, but Board of Control for Cricket in India8217;s president-elect Shashank Manohar reckons players shouldn8217;t complain about too much cricket.

Manohar, who will replace Sharad Pawar as president of the BCCI after September this year, has a stern retort for those who suggest there8217;s too much cricket being played in the international calendar, a concern voiced last week by the ICC8217;s general manager for cricket Dave Richardson.

8220;International cricketers are professionals. And there never is too much cricket. If cricketers feel playing for 100-110 days a year is too stressful, then they should leave and let others play. As a professional, you can8217;t complain about playing 100-110 days in a calendar year,8221; he said.

The BCCI president-in-waiting also feels too much is being made of the threat to one-day cricket due to the popularity of Twenty20 cricket. 8220;There8217;s unnecessary concern and panic over what will happen to one-day cricket. Things haven8217;t changed just because we have had one successful edition of the IPL. There8217;s no need to tamper with the format.8221;

 

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