Bala Kamallakharan

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Bala Kamallakharan

@BalaInIceland

🦄🦄🦄🦄, Investor, #bitcoin, Entrepreneur, Founder, Startup Coach, Mentor, 8 Marathons, Startup Community Hacker, Playing Coach @IcelandCricket

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Iceland Cricket@icelandcricket·
It's April Fools Day. Our Board have decided that today is the one day of the year when we will sensibly and seriously dissect the global game, with no jokes or japes provided. As of April 2026, associate cricket nations, currently constituting the 98 ICC members outside the elite dozen full members, stand at a pivotal moment. They are no longer mere participators in global tournaments but genuine disruptors, especially in the T20 format. The recently concluded 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka offered the clearest evidence yet of their progress, but nevertheless exposed some structural weaknesses that must still be addressed. Netherlands could and should have beaten Pakistan after posting 147. The USA restricted India to 161/9 and took the game deep before falling 29 runs short. Nepal pushed England to a four-run thriller, and debutants Italy secured their first-ever World Cup win, thrashing Nepal by ten wickets. All of this augurs very well for the future. Yet the T20 World Cup is a biennial highlight, not a sustainable ecosystem. Between such events, associates operate on shoestring budgets. The ICC’s 2024-27 revenue cycle distributes roughly $600 million annually, with $533 million going to the 12 full members and only about $67 million (11-12%) shared among the 98 associates. Many would call this model 'counterproductive'. Associates crave bilateral series against full members for exposure and experience, but these opportunities are still rationed, if they even happen at all. For those nations seeking ICC associate membership status, such as ourselves and Poland, the ICC pot provides zero financial support whatsoever, greatly slowing down our capacity to tick all the relevant boxes. Despite our concerns, positive steps are evident. The ICC announced a nearly 10% funding uplift for associates in 2026, earmarked for high-performance programs, coaching, and domestic leagues. Regional qualifiers have become more competitive, feeding fresh talent into global events. The status of women’s T20I cricket since 2018 has mirrored men’s growth, with sides such as Uganda and Rwanda emerging in Africa. Franchise leagues increasingly scout associate talent, offering pathways that once led only to migration. Asa Tribe of Jersey is becoming a global star. The broader picture is thus one of cautious optimism. T20’s global explosion proves that cricket’s appeal transcends traditional power bases. However, without deeper reform, including even more T20 World Cup slots, equitable revenue sharing, and regular high-level fixtures, there is the danger that recent progress risks stalling. Associates need even more investment: better infrastructure, youth pathways, and the chance to host meaningful series against the 'big boy' nations. For cricket’s long-term health, the associate tier is indispensable. A truly global game cannot thrive on twelve teams alone. The recent T20 World Cup thrilled partly because the underdogs refused to roll over. If @ICC heeds the calls for funding, exposure, and opportunity, the next decade could see more full-member promotions, Olympic qualification breakthroughs, and genuine parity in the shortest format. Associate nations have caught up in T20, and now the global game must decide whether to pull them closer or keep them at arm’s length. The talent is there, but the infrastructure and equity must follow.
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Our Saturday morning indoor youth training sessions are bearing fruit. Robert Nelson, aged 11, has just scored 61 runs and taken a hat-trick today. Life is good for him right now.
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We have big news! The TRT World Beyond the Game documentary on Icelandic cricket, released in 2025 and made by @RobinAdamsZA, has just been shortlisted for the sports award at the New York Film Festival. Our ups and downs, ambitions, and social media fire were all chronicled!
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"Be still. Not because stillness is passive. Because the signal you are looking for cannot be heard above the noise you are making." — The Awakened Builder 1.1 Shared from Dharma 🙏 dharma.startupiceland.com
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Our 2026 national jersey by @S66Sportswear is inspired by the three colours of the Icelandic flag. On our Board's logo on the shirt, we have the symbol of the gyrfalcon, Iceland's national bird. Our national team sponsor, Bara Tala, is an Icelandic language learning app company.
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Giving back to the fans proves to be a win-win. We put in plenty of effort here to try and engage. In return, in Bara Tala and Big Ant Studios, we now have anchor sponsors for our national team and flagship ÍPL 2026 T20 tournament, respectively.
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Bala Kamallakharan@BalaInIceland·
This is a significant milestone for @icelandcricket we have our fans to thank for this and we believe building the sport in Iceland has been a tough but enjoyable experience and I hope more sponsors help us to make Iceland a cricket playing nation and compete in the world stage
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PRESS RELEASE: We have big ÍPL 2026 news today, quite literally! We can confirm that @BigAntStudios, are going to be the title sponsor of the Íslensk Premier League 2026, the world's most popular T20 franchise tournament located in the sub-Arctic. In recent bilateral discussions, we concluded that we both see cricket as being about entertainment and giving value to our respective fans. What is more, our national team players will be added to the Cricket 2026 game later this year! We look forward to a prosperous partnership that helps to further grow the game.

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The world's most famous sub-Arctic T20 franchise tournament begins in exactly two months. 30 league matches played by the five clubs and a final for the top two teams. The ÍPL 2026 is coming!
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Today, we choose to give you the list of greatest achievements ever by Iceland in sport. As always from us, a list completely free of bias: 1) Defeated Lithuania, Latvia, and Lithuania on 3 consecutive days in T20Is in 2025. 2) Beat the Swiss at cricket by 215 runs in 2018! 3) Won a silver medal in Olympics handball in 2008 4) Reached the European Football QF in 2016, beating England (and beat them again at Wembley in 2024) 5) Became the then smallest nation by population to ever qualify for Football's World Cup in 2018. Drew with Argentina. 6) Won 9 World's Strongest Man titles. 7) Had the 2nd most Crossfit Games podium finishes of any nation. 8) Had highest no. of chess grandmasters per capita in the world. 9) Won the Cod Wars 3-0 against the British from 1958-1976. Questionable whether this is a 'sport' but it became it when they tried to nick our cod. Our nation of less than 400,000 people always embrace their underdog status!
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On 12th August this summer, we will have a total eclipse in Iceland. We won't play cricket on that day.
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I've been having such an amazing time with Claude Code I wanted you to be able to have my *exact* skill setup: Introducing gstack, which you can install just by pasting a short piece of text into your Claude code
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We've reached the landmark of 170k followers. Where would we be without all our X fans? Nowhere. We remain the 14th most followed national cricket board on X, and the only amateur one in the top 100. Just another 39.1k to catch Cricket Scotland in 13th place!
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The pressure of the World Cup final chase is like having lava bearing down on you.
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In the break in the World Cup final and it's time for a bit of street-ice cricket for a couple of our youth players.
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In Iceland, everything here today is about the contrasts. Will the T20 WC final turn out to be so black and white in its outcome?
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56 days until our outdoor domestic season commences!
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