The IPL saga

If someone ask me to tell the saga of IPL and Lalit Modi in one line I would just say “Bhanvre ne khilaya phool, phool ko le gay Rajkuwar”. The IPL saga is an epitome of a masala Film of Yashraj Banner which started full pomp and show, replete with Glamour and Fashion and a pinch of cricket as well. In its maiden avatar it reached the pinnacle of popularity in the whole nation, while the following year the whole universe watched Modi Jockeying IPL horse way ahead any other counties when it was hosted in South Africa. But as Number 3 attached with IPL it turned omen for Lait Modi. The Kochi Team of IPL burned first hole in the ship of IPL and with the time the hole aggravated into a pit and sucked Modi from zenith to nadir. When the imbroglio came out of potboiler many top shots and big mogul were unveiled. To mask their own wrongdoing they laden Lalit Modi with whole blame. He was webbed in the labyrinth of IT sleuths, Legal documents, and worst of all his criminal background in USA. Although Mr. Sam Pitroda blessed India with RTI several years back but still you receive a staring look from Babus and private agencies if you dared to disturb to them ensconced in sarkari kursi. From the wrath faced by Lalit modi it is evident that we still don’t like sitting on hot seat. Only thing he asked from Kochi Team was details of their investor and the whole Cabinet came to share their shoulder with Kochi Team. Frontrunner in the row was Shahsi Tharoor who is eye candy of media more as Minister of “Affairs” rather than Minister of External Affairs because of his verbal diarrhea. Then it was turn of Prafull Patel and his daughter who shrugged their shoulder after eating the icing from the top. He should thank the martyrs of Manglore Airplane crash that his media gimmick of resignation after crash was not accepted otherwise he would have met the same fate as Shahsi Tharoor. Then started the nightmarish span of life for Modi when he was entangled with IT sleuths regarding documents of Ownership of several IPl teams.. This whole incident was testament that how IT and other intelligence agencies play in the hand of politicians and how they use them as weapon to make or break the cabinet body. And last but not the least the Don of BCCI, Sharad Pawar. The way he is ensconced in safe heaven Instead of being victim of exorbitant price of Agri-commodities, irresponsible media blurbs and his latest entanglement in IPL stake ownership he has made it evident that “Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahi, namumkin hai”. With his political clout he made some Dummy chairman like Shashank Manohar and Chirayu Amin who are better known as his aides.
BCCI also square up the blame with Lalit modi and politicians and that’s the reason since last few months many acronyms have been linked to BCCI. But the one that suits best is Board for Corruption in Cricket in India. The tag “control” in its real name has succinct to money only. The board has always starved for Money and Power In its mad race of politics and opportunism it has put the glory of cricket and pride of nation on stakes several times. Self ego, Politics, Kinship and nepotism has been prioritized over talent and sportsmanship. BCCI has turned into bunch of hooligan who runs the board their way and anyone denying them will have to face the wrath of pasha. As the board feel anyone’s breath at the nape of its neck he is either maligned publicly or ruined to debris, be it Indian Cricketer of the millennium Kapil Dev or “The Wall” Rahul Dravid. If one was ostracized just for joining a rival ICL then other became victim of his own modesty. None of the board member has ever stood rock solid for their offense or taken responsibility of their misdeed. IPL story is nonetheless different. Till the day IPL was hatching golden egg there was a pin drop silence in the board room but as the brazen and blatant half of IPL unveiled most of them did a faceoff as if it stinks.
Guys we know Politics is in abundance in almost every element of India society but time has come to spare few things sane and rational. As we youth have always been the guinea pigs for such political outfit that’s the reason we brought new rung of leader at 10 Janpath but entanglement of Shashi Tharoor Supriya Sule and daughter of Praful Patel in IPL controversy is testament of yuppies being chronic to this nemesis as well. Friends IPL is a very bright feather in the cap of Indian Cricket but it is becoming victim of its own fame. So before it meet the fate of ephemeral fame like ICL save it.