Comments on Miss Field_Cricket: "South African" Premier League

And with that we came to the end of the closing ce...

2009-05-26T18:36:24.406+08:00

And with that we came to the end of the closing ceremony. Akon, the laser-act, the drum-shows, Miss IPL Bollywood contestants' fashion parade, Katrina Kaif and Eddie Grant. Ohh it was a star stacked show, amazing indeed!
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Today (24th March), it looks quite nice outside. S...

2009-03-25T00:39:00.000+09:00

Today (24th March), it looks quite nice outside. Sunny, almost spring like. Go outside and you need a coat. It is just too cold and wet (hence SA got chosen). There will be some fall out though -- the BBC were categorically told it was the UK -- don't be surprised if it ends up back in India.

There's no way they could disregard something as c...

2009-03-24T17:10:00.000+09:00

There's no way they could disregard something as completely threatening to the chances of matches actually being carried out as weather. It's the IPL - we don't want the players to be hanging around in the changerooms looking out the windows to check whether it's stopped raining. The point of T20 is to be fast, eventful, and certainly NOT slowed down by bad weather.

In my mind, there's almost no decision to be made. South Africa is likely to be the only real choice they have. How would the ECB work around county cricket and organise the IPL in so short a period of time?

Well I think they should move it to England. In an...

2009-03-24T13:58:00.000+09:00

Well I think they should move it to England. In any case, I think the benefits of player development far outweigh that of short term financial interest. At least it shouild, anyway.

http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/silly_point/archive/2009/03/23/2009-indian-premier-league-overseas-a-generational-opportunity-for-india.aspx

The BCCI are saying its 100% England. The IPL is d...

2009-03-24T00:48:00.000+09:00

The BCCI are saying its 100% England. The IPL is due to start on 10 April. There is a reason we do not have Test matches in England in April: its either cold, raining, snowing or windy. Usually in combination. The wickets will be like sponge and the outfield sludgy. Madness.

wrt to television and broadcasting, I heard on the...

2009-03-23T17:23:00.000+09:00

wrt to television and broadcasting, I heard on the ABC today that regardless of location, they want the games played for afternoon and evening broadcast in India.

I commend the BCCI for this. It would have been ea...

2009-03-23T17:13:00.000+09:00

I commend the BCCI for this. It would have been easy to turn a blind eye and reap the reward and profit, despite the risk of attack.

This clearly shows that the BCCI is only bothered about money and wants to prove to the Indian government that they will make money irrespective of whether the event is held in India or not.

My only doubt is what kind of fan following do they expect in South Africa or England for the Chennai Super Kings or the Delhi daredevils or the like- the teams which will contain 7 Indians in them.

Doesn't seem to me like a lucrative idea. I will blog about this topic this week.

I am in favor of moving the tournament to South Af...

2009-03-23T16:35:00.000+09:00

I am in favor of moving the tournament to South Africa at least the players would be safe their. Recent attacks in Pakistan on the Srilankan team could have wiped off a whole generation of cricketers.

Secondly there are always talks about giving security to the team’s equivalent to the head of state but in reality we have seen how nincompoops the organizers/administrators can be in arranging the security.

I am not sure how successful will the tournament will be this year but just imagine when people can be up to watch England play West Indies in a test match till 2AM in this part of the world! surely IPL has a more lot of entertainment to offer. Specially people like Haydos, Warne, Lee and the legends.

Sure the IPL is all about money, not pride, but no...

2009-03-23T14:31:00.000+09:00

Sure the IPL is all about money, not pride, but no matter, I love the tournament anyway. There's 10 and a half months a year for the more traditional stuff...let's hope it stays that way I guess.
The Indian crowds made the tournament meaningful, so it's disappointing from that standpoint, but I'm glad they did the right thing by putting security first. And South Africans will probably turn up for the tournament in big numbers anyway.

I also commend South Africa for being ready to mob...

2009-03-23T14:20:00.000+09:00

I also commend South Africa for being ready to mobilise with this.

Would they do it if they weren't going to make money out of it? I mean, I would like the IPL to continue existing, but if there's going to be a fight between England and South Africa over who hosts it, I don't think it'll be because they're both super-altruistic.

Although it could still be a stunt by Lalit Modi t...

2009-03-23T05:29:00.000+09:00

Although it could still be a stunt by Lalit Modi to induce a backdown by the Indian government... sounds like he's trying to do exactly that. In any case, even if the government does wish to back down, security isn't going to materialise out of thin air.

I agree completely that part of what makes the IPL fun for the first few weeks (after a while, it becomes a tad dreary) is the crowds and the support. Indian fans probably get a kick out of seeing celebrities there as well. So moving it to South Africa is going to harshly impact on that. It's being thrown around that it'd be a made-for-television event, which is, I suppose, the next best thing.

Can you imagine, if there was an attack nw matter ...

2009-03-22T22:46:00.000+09:00

Can you imagine, if there was an attack nw matter how small in india on an international player it would be the same fate for Pakistan, they cannot afford this. I support South Africa getting the role, easier for me to get to and I suppose another reasons it's going there is because theres a huge Indian population over there :)