
There has been a precedent to the present scenario. In the 70s, Kerry Packer, an Aussie media magnet, floated a rebel league after confrontation with the Australian Cricket Board over a telecast deal. The success of the World Series didn’t just break the ACB resistance but it revolutionised one-day cricket forever. Can ICL do the same for Twenty20? Cricket, they say, is a game of glorious uncertainties.