The love-hate relationship that the International Cricket Council seems to be having with the IPL tournament is showing in various funny ways. First it was the flip-flopping over the exclusive window for the IPL’s 6-week tournament. Then, the ICC made some really weird statements about the possible corruption risk in the IPL tournament.This is new [...]

Owner of IPL’s Kolkata franchise Shah Rukh Khan has been recently involved in war of words with many people whether it was for promoting his movie in a cricket match or for the smoking issue with health minister Anbumani Ramadoss. The latest is with respect to cricket in a public function for the inauguration of [...]

The Socialists and Marxists are having a lot of trouble swallowing the IPL. The Astronomical sums that are suddenly being poured on the surprised cricketers must be making Marx turn in his grave (if he was buried properly). This article in the Economic times compares cricket today to various types of booze (hilarious!).
It is quite [...]

Things move so fast in cricket. It seems like yesterday when Yuvraj Singh smashed 6 sixes in a row to announce his thundering form in the Twenty20 world cup. He seemed unstoppable. Fast forward to the Australian tour. Jokes about his form are abound, with Yuvraj failing to impress in even one match. Such is [...]

The man who snatched defeat from the jaws of victory for Pakistan in T20 world cup final was missing from the discussion table on historic auction day. I was wondering whether his extraordinary shot i.e. unsuccessful attempt to scoop over fine leg had some negative opinion among franchises.
The suspense is over, after getting clearance [...]

As per the guidelines of IPL there should be atleast four under-22 players in the line-up of a team. It’s a tough task for franchises, as they have to spot and hire the right talent. Now, the agents of various franchise are having a eye on performance of Indian players in the ongoing under-19 world [...]

Isn’t it funny how the controversies have started to erupt around the IPL right after the player auctions? First it was Cricket Australia complaining about the security in India. Then it was the ICC which can’t decide if it likes the IPL or hates it. There were a whole bunch of issues with Ponting and [...]

After paying the super-high annual salaries to the cricketers, the teams have now settled back to wonder what happens if their 6-Crore-a-year Dhoni ends up injured and can’t play. Solution? Insurance!
The BCCI contract requires the teams to buy insurance to cover these kinds of eventualities. This has scope for plenty of scope for innovation in [...]

The voices against IPL are rising day by day after the historic auction on Feb 20th, because of many so called reasons. The latest to join the proceedings are the people associated with Olympic Sports.
Since BCCI’s Twenty20 extravaganza has potential to become one of the most lucrative sporting events in Asia, so personalities from many [...]

This is absolutely ridiculous. TimesNow is reporting that the Australian Goverment is worried that a Terrorist Attack is imminent in India around the time of the IPL and doesn’t want Australian players in India. The Department of Foreign Affairs of Australia issued a strong warning about a possible terror attack on Indian cities like [...]