The reduction of the World Cup from 14 teams to 10 guarantees more of the prime games between bigger nations, and most importantly of all keeps India in the tournament for as long as possible. Indeed, it is hard to shake off the suspicion that the ICC’s ideal World Cup – or indeed any form of cricket – would simply involve India playing over and over again for the rest of finite time, chop-sockying the other countries in world cricket one by one like faceless extras in a Bruce Lee movie, before finishing with some sort of mass-participation dance routine.