The 2007 World Cup changed the terms of the debate around cricket.
For India, the tournament turned out to be a national tragedy; for
the first time in years there was a palpable weakening of the
foundations of the country's universal obsession. For the hosts,
West Indies, it almost put an end to the dream of creating a
unified political, social and economic entity. For Australia, the
world cup triumph was accompanied by a sense of deja vu which was
evident in the muted celebrations. In the final analysis, for
reasons of money, the ninth edition of the cup was bloated to
accommodate sixteen teams for over a month and a half. Yet the
tournament had no distinctive quality and no particular innovation,
its format was dull and its title rendered meaningless in the
process. What it did generate was heated discussions about the
market, about the nature of profits, and about sportsmanship or the
increasing lack of it. He examines the controversial legacy of the
tournament and the importance of cricket, if any, in the shaping of
contemporary societies.
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