In the last six months, since I last posted, I have been busy with something a little removed from Cricket called CLAT. The series in Zimbabwe, ended in a draw and the ODI series win by 2-1 does not quite indicate whether Bangladesh has regressed or Zimbabwe has progressed.However, the tie in cold Dublin is a sign of Irish progress. Kiall O'Brien may have felt that it was like a defeat but the way he and Paul Stirling played around the D/L target which was actually more than what Pakistan had scored, Eoin Morgan may have made a mistake in choosing his team.
With an inevitable touch to it, the circus called the IPL has unravelled even as the Carribean League is getting started.There was something as rotten as in Hamlet and one had to just wait.It was fun and also got the kind of publicity cricket has not been getting.I was in Jaipur when there was an IPL match was on and the city was obsessed with it.The organisers of the Jaipur Travel Bazaar probably did not factor in the IPL.But in delhi, IPL barely caused a whimper.The local team was in the dumps and Kohli, Manhas, Bhatia, Dhawan , Gambhir were playing elsewhere.So Delhi Daredevils were playing home matches totally out of context but atleast they have not figured in fixing deals.
The farce will continue and IPL will have a final on Sunday where everyone will believe that nothing has happened.The Indian and International Media are besotted with the IPL and get paid to be in India around this time.It is the mainstream media that has retained its critical ability and have declared IPL a disgraced farce farce that it is.
