when "cricketers" go under the hammer..!
Cricket has always been a game of glorious uncertainties. Now it has also become the pitch for glorifying the "auctioning" of the players. In the "historical days" of "slave trading",the poor slaves never enjoyed the privilege of giving their consent to be "sold". Now it is no more so. Thanks to IPL's democracy. Bidding now can never 'take off' as long as the 'players' don't give their individual consent for getting themselves auctioned. It will therefore not be right to blame the "Bollywood biggies" and the business "tycoons" for taking the "Cricket" from the ground inside a "stadium" to a "Dalal's street" in the "commodity market".
Cricket still remains a most exiting sport for the commonwealth countries. However with the advent of so called 'professionalism' into cricket,it is sheer Money power that dominates the "caliber and performance" of the individual players in the field. Let us therefore understand that when a world recognized 'batsman' walks away to the pavilion without scoring,it may not be necessary that he was out of "form". Again when a most terrific 'bowler', gives away runs in charity, it may not be a case of an "injured shoulder". Also when a world renowned fielder in the slips, slips away an easy catch,it may not be necessarily a "luck by chance" for the "batsman".
IPL (Indian Premier League) today remains a very heavily staked investments, both for the 'bidders' and the 'punters'. Therefore it will not be a surprise if it is revealed at any point in time that all the departments in cricketing remains a pre-decided commercial transaction. Now where there is "Money",can politics be far away..? The IPL "bidders" rejecting this year all the "Pakistani players" put up for sale, including "Shahid Afrid" is nothing but a sad political commentary of a game..that for many of us in India & the neighborhood has always been much more than any "religion" or "faith"
Mr Lalit Modi you may have delighted yourself by fetching out the hefty "profit" as the "cricketers" one after the other went under the "hammer". However for us the "cricket lovers", cricket will always be about watching and viewing the "players" hammering out some fine performance on the field. I hope someday "Lalits & Moodies" become wise enough to move "bidding" back to the "Card table" and save the "gentleman's game" from going under the hammer....
Cricket still remains a most exiting sport for the commonwealth countries. However with the advent of so called 'professionalism' into cricket,it is sheer Money power that dominates the "caliber and performance" of the individual players in the field. Let us therefore understand that when a world recognized 'batsman' walks away to the pavilion without scoring,it may not be necessary that he was out of "form". Again when a most terrific 'bowler', gives away runs in charity, it may not be a case of an "injured shoulder". Also when a world renowned fielder in the slips, slips away an easy catch,it may not be necessarily a "luck by chance" for the "batsman".
IPL (Indian Premier League) today remains a very heavily staked investments, both for the 'bidders' and the 'punters'. Therefore it will not be a surprise if it is revealed at any point in time that all the departments in cricketing remains a pre-decided commercial transaction. Now where there is "Money",can politics be far away..? The IPL "bidders" rejecting this year all the "Pakistani players" put up for sale, including "Shahid Afrid" is nothing but a sad political commentary of a game..that for many of us in India & the neighborhood has always been much more than any "religion" or "faith"
Mr Lalit Modi you may have delighted yourself by fetching out the hefty "profit" as the "cricketers" one after the other went under the "hammer". However for us the "cricket lovers", cricket will always be about watching and viewing the "players" hammering out some fine performance on the field. I hope someday "Lalits & Moodies" become wise enough to move "bidding" back to the "Card table" and save the "gentleman's game" from going under the hammer....
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IPL has made cricket the most commercial product to be sold leaving aside the "gentleman's" game. Hence when so much money is at stake,and returns need to be generated for the stakeholders at any cost, no one will risk their team by having players who will not honour their commitment.At the end of the day its the IRR (Internal rate of return) that matters in IPL and not the GAME..!!.