To start with let us have a look at the local/state teams associations setup. The constituent members of the BCCI are as follows
- Tamilnadu
- Kerala
- Karnataka
- Hyderabad, Andhrapradesh
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, Vidharbha
- Gujarat, Baroda, Saurashtra
- Punjab,
- Haryana
- Rajasthan
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Delhi
- Uttarpradesh
- Orissa,
- Bihar
- Jharkhand
- Madhyapradesh
- Assam
- Tripura
- Railways
- Services
The disparity is obvious in the composition of teams of three states - Andhrapradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat - why more than one teams for the above three states only ? May be it is a colonial Hangover. States like Tamilnadu and Karnataka can easily have two teams in the national circuit - one team comprising of the Metro only and the other team comprising from the districts.
Karnataka state cricket associationhave done a good job of nurturing rural talent by having a KPL. Infact if each state has good league system with good interchange of one-day, T20, three day games it will go in a long way in spreading the benefits of the commercialisation of the cricket.
IPL should have started from bottoms-up and gone up - a.la. Americal Basketball/baseball league rather than the current top-heavy structure.
