The British media says that there should be "Heat Rule" for cricket matches. Considering that their gora chamdi cannot take the Indian summer in strides, what they say , sounds about right to me. And why not? If we can have stoppages and no-plays for rains, why not apply same rule for extreme heat?
I will even go to the extent of applying the same rule for extreme cold - "Cold Rule" i.e. I remeber how the indians routinely dropped catches in a series in New Zealand few years back when they played in conditions that could well qualifiy as extreme. It's a different issue that Indians , then, dropped catches any which way.
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Cricket is unlike most of the other sports that have a span of not more than 2-3 hrs max. In cricket even the shortest form of the game, i.e the limited over matches spans almost about the entire day.
Cricket is as much a "war" as an arena for entertainment. What fun is it when team is half drained out sweating profusely just to survive some ordeal? I believe conditions can be challenging but not extreme to prove a player's mettle.
And frankly i do not care for player's mettle as long as i have an interesting encounter.
Which i guess is not possible in extreme conditions where not only players but even the spectators watching the game are affected by extreme weather.
To go through this ordeal just to prove your military like ability to survive any conditions is abso-freeking-lutely not done.
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