for paving the way for pakistan players to play in ipl...
even after virtual hate campaign led by pcb chairman ijaz butt against bcci and ipl organisers... and usual negative press about not allowing pakistan players to play much sought after ipl and champions league (clt20)... they did not let the criticism deter them...
they not only gave time to pcb to come up with noc from their foreign ministry but also extended the deadline from earlier november 20 to december 9 to give pakistan players every chance to participate in upcoming ipl season... now its upto pcb and relevant authorities to grant them permission...
ipl deserve every bit of praise for this magnanimous move... but as usual media, who is quick to pounce on any opportunity to malign and criticise ipl and its organisers, is keeping mum about it...
if they get time from wiping the egg on their face after spitting venom on papers and alike about how it were ipl organisers who effectively blocked paksitan players and their teams to particulate in ipl as well as champions league... will they render unconditional apology now...?
meanwhile... we welcome paksitan players and look forward to them playing on indian soil...
kudos to ipl organisers...
shared by straight point on Wednesday, December 02, 2009
ipl...the enemy within...
shared by straight point on Monday, May 04, 2009
in my last few posts i have praised bcci, ipl organisers for some good work they have done...so to restore balance it is natural that i should criticise them too...for apparent flaws...
i have been following ipl like most fans and more than the time-outs...cheer leaders dresses (or the lack of it)...extraa innings...tv coverage...etc...i am deeply disturbed by the fact that ipl organisers are hell bent on making it a cricket circus (if not already)...while it has all the potential of becoming a great...competitive...intense and respected league...apart from being the success it is...
the player are playing it with striking intensity...so you are seeing prince flintoff diving to stop boundary...he doesn’t even do it for england...dravid throwing his fist in air...looking far more involved in the game...with such an aggression that you won’t see him doing in an international match...ramesh power diving to stop the ball as if someone told him that his life depended on it...just to give some examples...
how i wish that ipl organizers too would have shown the same intensity as they have shown in organising ipl itself...
so we see yuvraj getting away without reprimand after coming to toss in shorts...gibbs showed no restrain in hurling abuses at umpire after given lbw...shane warne didn’t think twice before giving his piece of mind to the umpire on giving wide balls against his liking in that super over game...to list a few...
before the start of tournament...ipl organizers declared that they will adhere to mcc’s spirit of the game...which says...
respect opposition...respect umpires...respect laws and respect game...
they also declared that they will play this tournament under icc rules and regulations...
i wonder if these faulting players would have gotten away with this kind of behavior in an international match...specially yuvraj...who has openly insulted the game we all love and follow religiously...
it seems that ipl organisers vision and efforts are limited to seeing off that ipl is a success... monetarily only...they appear least worried about the fact that they are in a way disrespecting the very game they are banking for the success of ipl... ignoring the fact that true success of ipl is to make it not only a commercial blockbuster but to a make it a league which is equally respected if not more...
they can still salvage the situation...by setting the priority right...and best part is that it requires even less effort than the effort they put in shifting the whole ipl!
they must look at these incidents very seriously and come hard on offenders without further delay to earn the true respect of officials involved...followers...and fans alike...then...and only then ipl will be true success...otherwise it will be like a blockbuster movie whose producer laugh all the way to bank but offering very little in the name of cinema...
