The ICC has come under a lot of flak for making this world cup long and boring as they have 2 groups of 7 teams in the first round.
The ICC President Sharad POWER explained the situation, “We resorted to this format after learning a tough lesson from the last World cup. We had an initial round with 4 teams each and India and Pakistan got knocked out within the first week of the world cup. Think about the state of our “POOR” sponsors, they spent billions of rupees on ad campaigns featuring these two teams and they couldn’t even be aired after just 7 days in the competition.
But this time around, we know for sure that no team will get knocked out till well into the competition. So our Sponsors can breathe easy. Think about what will happen to the “PALLU SCOOP” ad if Sri Lanka gets knocked out early or the “HELICOPTER SHOT” if it’s India. This schedule will help our bollywood film industry as well. The format is so long that Akshay kumar can have 3 of his useless movies released and then promote it on TV in the name of cheering for India.”
In the meantime Chief Executive HARPOON BORGAT said that the minnow teams needed to buckle up. “These teams are not even lasting 25 overs in most games. This is costing us billions of dollars as valuable air-time is lost. We are thinking of reducing the number of teams for the next World cup and then converting it into a league format. That way the next World Cup will run longer than ‘Rakhi ka swayamvar.’
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