The BCCI Corporate Trophy, the board’s initiative to encourage corporate bodies across the country to provide jobs to cricketers, will have a big impact on the development of the game at the grassroots level. That's what WV Raman writes in Sportstar.

The corporate tournament will be seen by some as a breeding ground for the IPL, while some others will see it as their livelihood. It does not matter how the basic objective of this tournament is perceived so long as the fringe cricketers are called upon by the corporates and given appointment letters. Cricketers in the western and northern regions of the country will see a revival of corporate support while the cricketers in the east and south will be delighted that some opportunities are opening up.