img source:https://www.hindustantimes.com/
'We get Kohli, Dhoni': Butcher feels ECB should have entertained BCCI's request
Mark Butcher feels the England and Wales Cricket Board missed a golden opportunity when they decided to turn down BCCI’s request of altering the schedule for India vs England Test series in order to accommodate the IPL, saying the board could have used this as a golden ticket to get some of Indian cricket's star players for The Hundred shortly, whose maiden edition takes place this summer. As per reports, the ECB did not entertain the BCCI's request to change the schedule of the five-Test series between India and England, but Butcher reckons the English board could have done themselves a huge favor had they done the opposite. "I think it's a massive missed opportunity. The ECB very, very rarely… in fact, I would go as far in the last 10-15 years as to say never, have something that the BCCI wants or needs. And with The Hundred sort of floundering because of Covid and overseas players canceling contracts, not being able to come, this year is a bit of a write-off. The ECB is absolutely desperate to make this work. They have to be, they have bet the house on The Hundred, but at every turn, it seems a greater power doesn't want it to happen," Butcher said on the Wisden Weekly Podcast.
