Lalit Modi

So besides Lalit seeing that there's an inventory opportunity to expand cricket in India here beyond the 105 or so days of competition that the international team is playing, there's also Lalit perfect opportunity at this moment within the cricketing world, which is that the whole game itself is undergoing a major revolution. England had just introduced a brand new version of the game.

So besides Lalit seeing that there's an inventory opportunity to expand cricket in India here beyond the 105 or so days of competition that the international team is playing, there's also Lalit perfect opportunity at this moment within the cricketing world, which is that the whole game itself is undergoing a major revolution. England had just introduced a brand new version of the game.

Up until this point, there were only two versions of cricket that were played professionally. There's the test match cricket, the five-day gentlemanly event with the cable knit sweaters that we talked about. And then there's the one-day, eight-hour matches that are for international tournaments and competitions, one-day internationals. Yep.

Up until this point, there were only two versions of cricket that were played professionally. There's the test match cricket, the five-day gentlemanly event with the cable knit sweaters that we talked about. And then there's the one-day, eight-hour matches that are for international tournaments and competitions, one-day internationals. Yep.

Back home in England, cricket was basically starting to become a dying sport. The nation that invented the game, that was the home of everything sacred in this sport, in this industry.

Back home in England, cricket was basically starting to become a dying sport. The nation that invented the game, that was the home of everything sacred in this sport, in this industry.

Empty sections everywhere. And the only people still left watching it are old men, basically.

Empty sections everywhere. And the only people still left watching it are old men, basically.

Women have never really cared. And kids are like, I'm interested in football, European football. Like, I don't care about this.

Women have never really cared. And kids are like, I'm interested in football, European football. Like, I don't care about this.

Yeah, this is happening during the day or even one day during the international tournaments.

Yeah, this is happening during the day or even one day during the international tournaments.

It was for the nobility. Yes. Exactly. But not going to work in the modern world. Yeah. So in 2003, the English cricket board finally realizes like, hey, we're desperate. We got to do something. So there was another form of cricket that was mostly played recreationally and by school teams that was 20 over cricket.

It was for the nobility. Yes. Exactly. But not going to work in the modern world. Yeah. So in 2003, the English cricket board finally realizes like, hey, we're desperate. We got to do something. So there was another form of cricket that was mostly played recreationally and by school teams that was 20 over cricket.

So rather than these five-day events or the one-day events, it was a limited number of balls of pitches, essentially, to use the baseball analogy, for each side. And that was 20 overs, and over is six balls.

So rather than these five-day events or the one-day events, it was a limited number of balls of pitches, essentially, to use the baseball analogy, for each side. And that was 20 overs, and over is six balls.

So all of a sudden, you're going from test cricket, which is thousands of balls bowled, pitches equivalent in the baseball world, over five days. Then you've got the one-day international, one-day version of the game, hundreds of you're going down to 240 total balls bowled, 120 for each side.

So all of a sudden, you're going from test cricket, which is thousands of balls bowled, pitches equivalent in the baseball world, over five days. Then you've got the one-day international, one-day version of the game, hundreds of you're going down to 240 total balls bowled, 120 for each side.

Compare that to a Major League Baseball game, for instance, has an average of about 300 pitches per game, about 150 each side. So now all of a sudden, cricket went from the boring version of baseball to the more exciting version of baseball.

Compare that to a Major League Baseball game, for instance, has an average of about 300 pitches per game, about 150 each side. So now all of a sudden, cricket went from the boring version of baseball to the more exciting version of baseball.