It seems all kinds of people are making it big, thanks to IPL. Remember that Charu Sharma? The dude that used to flirt endlessly with Mandira Bedi during the world cup? It seems he is now the Bangalore Royal Challenger team’s CEO.
What? What the hell does a CEO of a cricket team do? I have [...]

The incredible amounts of money floating around IPL must be causing a lot of heart-burn for the English players. I mean, Dhoni is getting $1.5 Million for 6 weeks of work! OK, they can rationalize that by saying he’s an Indian star, but what about the freshly retired Gilchrist?
Gilchrist, who seemed in an odd hurry [...]

Rumour has it that the famous Indian singer, Usha Uthup, is going to compose a theme song for the Kolkota team. By God, I hope the players don’t get too distracted by the song! LOL!

The Jaipur team, owned by the Emerging Media consortium, was fined by the BCCI today for spending too little money in the auctions. There was a requirement that all teams spend at least Rs 13.1 Crores, but the Jaipur team spent only Rs 11.8 Crores. Fined for spending too little money. That’s a new one.
On [...]

The inaugural match of the Twenty20 IPL series starts at Bangalore on 18th April. The first match is going to be played between Bangalore and Mumbai at the Chinnaswami Stadium at Bangalore! I think I’m going to go and watch it. This thing should be fun!

Vijay Mallya, the owner of the Bangalore Team, has named the team “Bangalore Royal Challengers”. What a nice name, no? Except that “Royal Challenge” is the name of one of United Breweries (Vijay Mallya’s flagship company) top brands. Co-incidence? I think not.
Advertising liquor is strictly banned in India, but that doesn’t stop the proxy-advertising. They’ve [...]

There has been a lot of hoppla about how the IPL auction went. Some people made some ridiculous amounts of money in that frenzied bidding. But now that the dust has settled down, I want to ask the question: Was the IPL auction conducted in the most optimal manner?
Look at some of the numbers. They [...]