The Indian Premier League is entering its tenth edition in a fortnight from now. Year after year, more pageantry and grandiosity are being added to this shortest form of cricket to the extent that its financial might and flaunt overshadow the actual game itself. Preposterously enough, players from across the global cricketing nations carry price tags on their heads and are auctioned like commodities in the open market . (“The return of BCCI’s prodigal child”, March 21).
No right-thinking person will favour the continuance of the IPL. Much to the dismay of fans, the betting and spot-fixing scandals that broke out during the game’s 2013 edition are yet to be resolved despite the Supreme Court intervention. A poor country like India doesn’t require a cash-rich tournament of the likes of the IPL, wherein crores of money only benefit cricketers, the franchise owners and, of course, the BCCI.
R. Sivakumar,
Chennai
