India's cricket board has lost almost $25 million from the scrapping of two one-day games against England and the cancellation of the 2008 Champions Trophy and this month's tour to Pakistan. “The working committee noted there would be a reduction in revenue in the current year to the effect of 1.2 billion rupees ($24.87 million) as a result of the cancellation of two ODIs against England and India's tour to Pakistan,” said Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary N. Srinivasan. “This includes the loss of revenue arising out of the postponement of ICC Champions Trophy 2008,” he added in a statement. “It is to be noted that while there will be a decrease in revenue the BCCI will still have a healthy excess of income over expenditure for the current year.” ‘Zimbabwe must perform' Zimbabwe captain Prosper Utseya acknowledges his squad is under pressure on its tour of Bangladesh to prove it deserves to be among the top-level international teams. The Africans flew out Saturday for the tour. They will play a three-day warm-up match against an academy side from Tuesday, a three-team limited-overs series also involving Sri Lanka from Jan. 10, and a three-game one-day series with the hosts from Jan. 19. Zimbabwe hasn't played a Test match since 2005 because the team isn't strong enough to compete and its one-day performances have also come under scrutiny. In November, the team lost 5-0 at home to a below-par Sri Lanka team. “We are currently out of the Test arena and, as we speak, I hear some people are saying we mustn't even be playing ODIs,” Utseya said. “This is distressing. We need to go there and show that we still belong here. Our aim is to reach the tri-series final and win the series against Bangladesh. “The pressure is on us against Bangladesh,” he said.
