Indian Money league by BCMC

Actually I was planning to write the title of this blog as 'Indian Money League', but then I felt the title was not that suitable as I thought it would be. Because as soon as I typed Indian Money League, I felt it wasn't just the League, it was Entire BCCI that was working as the 'The Board for Control of Money in Cricket'. Interestingly, something that ICC finds itself unable to do that efficiently as BCCI (or BCMC) does it.

IPL, the Indian Premier League, an idea that suddenly hit BCCI hard when it saw a possibility of cricket slip off its hand. And they left no stone unturned to take all possible revenge from the guys who had dared to threat the Board, as well as ICC. I still doubt whether the BCCI people had an idea that the IPL will be such a grand success making cricket the game of million dollars for even individuals.

Anyways, who cares for that now when the stage is set and people like Vijay Mallya and Shahrukh Khan (and even Preity Zinta) are singing the IPL tune with Mr Lalit Modi, and people like Dhoni and Sachin are going to get more than a Million dollar for playing.

Actually, the question here is not about who cares for the ICL and those-who-were-left-somewhere like Brian Lara and Inzamam-ul-haq, the question is, how much Cricket is involved in this business?

The money spent (or wasted) on getting the players is hardly related to their performances on ground. It is simply proportional to the 'market value' of the cricketer. Otherwise what explains Andrew Symonds getting more than thrice the amount of money than Ricky Ponting.

Another question regarding the Money Leauge is whether it will be able to maintain the standard of Cricket played by country teams. In fact I am unable to imagine yet how Saurav Ganguly, Ricky Ponting, and Shoaib Akhtar be playing together.

Though, I would really really love to see Tendulkar and Jayasuriya batting together, for Mukesh Ambani's Mumbai team. YES. That WILL BE worth watching. Pray for some beautiful innings by these two biggies.

Anyways, there is one thing good in this Indian Premier League. Whoever wins, India will not be losing. :)

When is the match by the way?