“He hasn’t got the blend of his team right, he hasn’t got the shape of his team right to what he wants, but that requires work,” said Butcher. “There are times when I’d like to see more competition. The IPL is a catalyst for the growth of their business,” said Johri. PTI reports that BCCI is expected to be richer by more than Rs 20,000 crore through their earnings from the rights. The only previous time they played a Test there, in 2006, the visitors won by an innings and 80 runs with nightwatchman Jason Gillespie scoring an unbeaten double century. Hockey India selection committee chairman Harbinder Singh too vouched for John and said the Australian has everything in him to produce results. Bharadwaj had defeated Thailand’s Ruttanapak Oupthong, seeded second, 15-21 21-14 21-12 in the quarterfinals early in the day. George also had beaten China’s Li Shifeng 21-17 21-14 to set up a semifinal clash with Bharadwaj at the PE Society’s Modern PDMBA Sports Complex. According to sources, John became heavily involved in team selections and added six players to the squad for India’s Europe tour last month against Oltmans’ wishes. Algeria are virtually out of the race after having qualified for the 2010 and 2014 finals, where they reached the round of 16.