Lets Rename the teams of IPL 2009:
Delhi Daredevils will be Oval Daredevils, Deccan Chargers will be Lords Chargers, Mumbai Indians will be Manchester English, Rajasthan Royals will be Queens Royal, Chennai Super kings will be Liverpool Super kings, Kings XI Punjab will be Queens XI Ireland.
Lets revise the rules of IPL:
1.The teams can play at most four players of the respective mother states of India.
2.The audience from India should have a valid passport and visa.
IPL 2 has lost the very concept of India in it when BCCI president announced today afternoon that IPL 2 will be held overseas. All thanks to Home Minister and State Governments. Lets analyze how this enitre drama unfolded.
I had sensed IPL 2 will not going to be easy for Lalit Modi with Vasundhra Raje losing elections to congress in Rajasthan. Then the upcoming goverment started bringing allegations against him. To add on to situation Modi lost Rajasthan Cricket Association elections. Media reports suggestted that Modi was very close to Raje, it was well noticed live in Set Max when Modi had unconditional access to Raje. Even in the case of terrorist attacks in Jaipur during IPL 1, Raje ensured that the tournament players are safe and the show went on uninterrupdly. Does Modi paying heavily for being close to Raje? Because if we see the states who reverted back their decisions are states where Congress is in power. The may not have taken the matter seriously as they donot care or is it very premature to arrive at such a conclusion???
Even if we consider there is no poltics involved in the whole process. Lets look at a different angle. The honorable Home Minister is worried about security, where was this concern prior to Mumbai attack? Had the earlier minister of the office had taken his job with such sencierity, I hope the mega event would have been in India. The terrorists who have attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team have succeded in their motive to harm Indian economy.
If we look the other side of the coin, we can realize the strain the government is facing. The South African security company that is hired to design the security architecture for IPL 2 presented a model that required para millitary forces which the centre cannot compromise on. The government cannot afford to carry the stain of another terrorist attack.
The entire senario went into a deadlock. Firstly, IPL management couldnot able to predict that the security condition in subcontinent will detoriate to such an extent in comming year. and cricketers would be targeted. Secondly, the failure of talks between elements of the system that included all IPL management, Home ministry and state governments. Lastly the lack of poltical motive and support to carry on the event. In the whole senario the suffers are again the innocent people who love cricket to an extent of considering it as their religion. The terrorist have won again.
Delhi Daredevils will be Oval Daredevils, Deccan Chargers will be Lords Chargers, Mumbai Indians will be Manchester English, Rajasthan Royals will be Queens Royal, Chennai Super kings will be Liverpool Super kings, Kings XI Punjab will be Queens XI Ireland.
Lets revise the rules of IPL:
1.The teams can play at most four players of the respective mother states of India.
2.The audience from India should have a valid passport and visa.
IPL 2 has lost the very concept of India in it when BCCI president announced today afternoon that IPL 2 will be held overseas. All thanks to Home Minister and State Governments. Lets analyze how this enitre drama unfolded.
I had sensed IPL 2 will not going to be easy for Lalit Modi with Vasundhra Raje losing elections to congress in Rajasthan. Then the upcoming goverment started bringing allegations against him. To add on to situation Modi lost Rajasthan Cricket Association elections. Media reports suggestted that Modi was very close to Raje, it was well noticed live in Set Max when Modi had unconditional access to Raje. Even in the case of terrorist attacks in Jaipur during IPL 1, Raje ensured that the tournament players are safe and the show went on uninterrupdly. Does Modi paying heavily for being close to Raje? Because if we see the states who reverted back their decisions are states where Congress is in power. The may not have taken the matter seriously as they donot care or is it very premature to arrive at such a conclusion???
Even if we consider there is no poltics involved in the whole process. Lets look at a different angle. The honorable Home Minister is worried about security, where was this concern prior to Mumbai attack? Had the earlier minister of the office had taken his job with such sencierity, I hope the mega event would have been in India. The terrorists who have attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team have succeded in their motive to harm Indian economy.
If we look the other side of the coin, we can realize the strain the government is facing. The South African security company that is hired to design the security architecture for IPL 2 presented a model that required para millitary forces which the centre cannot compromise on. The government cannot afford to carry the stain of another terrorist attack.
The entire senario went into a deadlock. Firstly, IPL management couldnot able to predict that the security condition in subcontinent will detoriate to such an extent in comming year. and cricketers would be targeted. Secondly, the failure of talks between elements of the system that included all IPL management, Home ministry and state governments. Lastly the lack of poltical motive and support to carry on the event. In the whole senario the suffers are again the innocent people who love cricket to an extent of considering it as their religion. The terrorist have won again.
3 comments:
Coco-dee nice pjs with elaboration..
But Indian Govt should be concerned about the security even if there is least chance of terrorism
rightly said ki the terrorists have won.
changing venue was not a wise move.Apart from generating revenue for the "gormint",it showcases indian spirit in cricket.imagine matches being held in england and the galleries empty and some angrezis thronging there.The charm of IPL is the glamour and extravaganza it accompanies during matches.Surely we're gonna miss those.
to be honest i found the start funny...but yes, u were bak to ur normal analytical self in the later part :)
What I feel is we are more affected by some nasty politics(that's been there since so long that it has become a pseudonym for Indian Politics) rather than terror. Terror won't even feel the false sense of winning if the political scene were a shade better.
And yes, I cant agree on that last line... Terror never wins...its always a lose-lose situation.
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