We have all witnessed the so called great IPL season 3. As we come to the fag end of the season, we all would have expected the second stint of IPL at home to become popular for the right reasons, well ofcourse it had all the ingredients, fun, frantic, excitment and also a little bit of glamour but only for the first part of the season. Then the devil gods opened up all that didnt need to happen.
The entire drama started unfolding once the auctions for the two IPL teams began, no body expected the auctions to go towards summit figures, i doubt whether lalit modi would have placed his bets at first place had been said the figures would cross the 1,500 crore mark. It surpises me alot where do all these money keep coming in from, not only at this point of IPL auction but i have always wondered when such huge amount of money hits the newspapers headlines be it for any reasons. India, a developing country, as many of us think, but i doubt this statement and would say its an under rated one after all this money scandal and money laundering business comes to light. I always have this question in mind, when such huge money transactions happen for any purpose, why dont the government get involved, they always need some one to spill the beans and its more often than not its a repair mechanisnm rather than a preventive or a proactive mechanism that the government of india follows.
We all know match fixing has always been a integral part of any highly hyped cricket tournament, be it the world cup or any other major tournaments. So why dont the government not only the indian government but also other governments have little control on these. For instance, when the south african players cronje, gibbs got caught in the match fixing scandals in the 1999-200o cricketing tour to india, the after effects was literally none. Is is fair on the players who assume high moral standing, people look up to these people as role models not only within their country but also outside their country to get involved in such petty business. Do they ever feel ashamed. I doubt so and more often that not,the answer from them would be a big NO. Its high time the government take some strict actions just like in the case of Azharuddin who is facing a life ban for all that he did.
Back to the drama and the gloom thats surrounding the IPL 3 off the field, well no one would have expected that IPL3 back in india for its second stint would get into such carks. Well the IPL commissioner Lalit Modi, deserves a special mention here, to a certain extent i strongly feel he has made a cuckoo of himself. Well as a lay man, i might not know the complete truth or the entire insights to all these matters but i strongly believe that he has no one other than himself to blame.He is got stuck in this mud and he has no one to blame. He should have taken a leaf from the Chennai Super Kings, Srinivasan who was atleast smart enough to get prior approval from the BCCI before buying stakes in CSK team. He was a smart administrator and from the of late news , CSK has been cleared of all the IT raids and money laundering scams. Atleast as of now CSK is on good books. The BCCI and the governing body are not showing any signs of having soft corner towards Mr.Modi. Be it because of the political pressure from the government or as such its the way BCCI operates, well we dont know. However its good in one way for the BCCI to salvage something for itself amidst all these upshots.
The news is not great if you are a modi supporter. The events that are leading upto the governing council meeting on 26th april are no way in favour of modi. The news that he and his relatives have a enormous amount of stakes is not going to help modi by any extent. Add to that his stubborn stand that he is going to boycott the meeting is not going to help in any way. News reveals that BCCI is for sure going to ask modi to resign from his position. Things are looking bleak for modi. If there is some one that would could help modi to get him out of this deep shi*, its none other than himself. One reason why he is not ready to step down is that he has enjoyed all the royal life after becoming the IPL commissioner, he might want to miss out on this, after all he is a human being and not a saint to forgo all this. The best thing that modi can do is to step down from the position, prove that he is not at fault (which i doubt alot) and come back is the way forward. Should be stick to the way and means of employing tactics that he is curretly following, there is very little chance for modi to stay on and it looks like the end of the road is not far away....
