Dear ICC,

My name is Aditya and I am an avid cricket fan and a voracious cricket blogger. I write to you today with much hope and anticipation, about some new idea me and the readers of my blog have come up with, to take the game of cricket to the next level.

Cricket, in my humble opinion, needs more drama and, more importantly, melodrama. We need to take a leaf out of the reality shows and soap-operas on TV to innovate ourselves. What we need is more conflict, crying, dancing and a general display of a range of uncontrolled emotions. Sort of like Kyonki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi meets Die Hard meets The Phantom of the Opera. You have to agree that this is a great idea.

To this effect, I am proposing a few more rules that can be added to the game.

1) 1-dic and 2-dic with house-out
All the readers of my blog have unanimously agreed that this innovation from gully cricket should be accepted into mainstream. What we can do is this:
- Put a House in the middle of the field, somewhere near deep mid-wicket.
- If the ball goes straight into the house, it’s out.
- If the ball goes into the house one-bounce, it’s 2-dic.
- If the ball goes over the house, the batsman gets to run and bring the ball back.

2) One-hand-pitch-catch out
This innovation will also allow additional diving on the field, which adds excitement. An extension of this rule will also be allowed where a two-pitch catch can be out if the fielder catches the ball in his mouth.

3) Get rid of the umpires
Umpires are losers who are too old to play anyway. And because they are old, the players are afraid to hit them with the bat and/or ball. To eliminate this loophole, we will appoint one of the members of the batting side as the umpire. This will bring in the richness of argument and thoughtful debate into this game.
A new umpire signal will also be added: Raising the right hand with the middle finger stretched out. This will signal the transformation of this cricket match into a street fight, as it usually happens in gully cricket. And this will bring in those magic moments that will be remembered forever (like the Zidane headbutt or Tyson ear-bite)

I hope you will consider these innovative new rules to be added to the game. You will agree that these will bring more excitement than simply fixing matches and world cups to have India-Pakistan finals. And the media and cricket commentators will have a lot more material to work with, which is good publicity.

Awaiting your speedy reply.

Yours Sincerely,
Aditya Kulkarni

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