With four of the eight matches in India’s ongoing Caribbean tour scheduled in Trinidad and Tobago, fast bowling legend Andy Roberts is unhappy with the advantage the visitors have been given by Cricket West Indies (CWI) in terms of support the crowd in the seats. T&T is known for its significant Indian diaspora with all three ODIs and a T20I scheduled there.
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India completed a 3-0 clean sweep on Wednesday with their captain Shikhar Dhawan thankful for the massive support his players received over the three matches – all played at the Queen’s Park Oval.
Roberts says the practice of match-fixing especially in Trinidad is not new. However, the scenario has changed a lot since then as those were ‘non-TV’ days with people thronging the venues to watch the matches live.
“That’s how it was. When we were playing, if we had five Test matches against India, two would be in Trinidad. This was because more people would come to see those games. Those were the non-television days and more ground crowds meant more revenue. It’s not like that anymore, the revenue comes from television, but still the board plays more India games in Trinidad or Guyana,” said Roberts. cricbuzz.
“There is no reason to do that now,” he added.
CWI president Ricky Skerritt though said Roberts can speak his mind but the views have nothing to do with the cricket board. “Sir Andy Roberts is entitled to his opinion, of any kind, on anything to do with West Indies cricket,” Skerritt was quoted as saying.
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The two teams will now lock horns in a five-match T20I series starting on Friday.
The first T20I will be played at Brian Lara Stadium (Trinidad) while the other two will be played at Warner Park (St Kitts).
The series will then move to Florida (USA) where the remaining two games will be played.
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