Sachin-Shane league 'risky'
The Twenty20 league mooted by Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar and spin champion Shane Warne could be a risky proposition, feels the Australian's manager James Erskine. He said he remembers having a discussion on the league with Warne but he is not aware of the specifics.
"Shane Warne has lots of ideas about cricket. I haven't spoken to Warney about it for ages. Some time, maybe a year ago or so, he mentioned that this was something of interest to do in America and Tendulkar was interested, but I haven't discussed it with him for months," Erskine was quoted as saying in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Erskine feels there could be a market for this league featuring former greats but he was not sure about the commercial viability of the tournament.
"If you take past greats to countries that normally don't get major cricket then I think it could work. But as we know, most of the money in cricket today is not to do with gate receipts, it's all to do with television rights," he said.
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