Well, the last 4 in the elite 8 isnt bad either. BD has a long way to go before matching them. So realistically it wouldnt matter whether its the top 4 or the bottom 4. Since a "modified programme" may be introduced by ICC, what we need to look at is how that can be turned into positives. We came close to defeating WI, but didnt. So in my book any team in the elite 8 would do. We still dont know what the "modified programme" would be. So we still may end up playing once or twice all 8 teams in the 5 year period. Playing against the top team wouldnt work if we are unable to defeat even the county sides or ranji trophy sides. Defeat after defeat can not boost our morale. First we need to attain that standard where we regularly can beat top county or ranji trophy teams and then we could put our case to ICC that we now belong to the elite group. All the players in the top cricketing teams are selected directly from these county or state teams. It would be fair on our part to admit that and try to match them.
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