It was there in the back of my mind when the City-franchisees were bought..so much money thrown around. Will the owners sit quite and let go of their money just like that?
Like for instance SRK, who I'm pretty sure Rajiv Shukla and Lalit Modi requested him to buy one team, cause it will add the buzz nad the glamour required to kickstart this big BCCI dream called IPL. It happened, maybe , when the Indian Team won the T20- WC, 2007 and SRK happen to be present there to cheer for the team. Also, at that time Chak De happened and it became a hit. So SRK buying an IPL team would be the best bet to get all the buzz going in favour of IPL, when it was recieveing many flakes from different quarters of the game. Also, it was SRk's best bet to make his "retirement" secure. He could use his team to do promos for his future productions and also earn revenue through sponsorship. But, there is this catch, if the Team isnt performing, will one can sponsorship? For how long?
As I have been watching it closely, some of the games seem so "fixed". Like take the Team MUMBAI, its the costliest team bought by one of the richest men in the world! Its not that bad a team, but it is also a not a very winning combination. So, when it started to lose one game after another, it came as no surprise to any one. It was the day before Mumbai team( after 4 consecutive losses) were to take on the KKR in their own home ground and everyone felt, match will definitely to be won by KKR. I was feeling, maybe not, cause if Mumbai would have lost that day to KKR, they would surely be "out" of the race for Semis, even thought they would hv to play on...and will the owner of the costliest team in the IPL, allow that to happen. Is he such a mad man? I knew then and there KKR will lose the match and keep the interest in the Mumbai Teams alive and also in the IPL.
More prediction of mine came true when I told people again that now CSK will lose some game and Mumbai Team will win the match against Team Delhi, cause its important to keep the matches in IPL interesting. Otherwise Four clear winners for semis will emerge out very fast and people will lose interest in the future games and IPL. Also, so many big names investing so much of their money, will they just let it go down the drain???? I'm pretty sure, IPL people and some of the big owners will try and keep the interest going in the matches by fixing some of the matches for sure. I'm also confident that they will try and might come up with Two genuine clear Semifinalist Teams by 21st May around, while for the other Two semifinalist, they will try and make it more interesting till the very end of the tournament. So, expect some very unexpected (or expected shall we say )defeat of performing teams by non performing teams. Like maybe, today, RCB might just "win" over Punjab , so that RCB can make "room" for KKR on Thursday's game. Or it could also happen that KKR might have some straight "wins " in the future. Now Lalit Modi can't upset SRK, or can he? He cant upset Ambani either, so expect some "wins" by Mumbai Team also in the tournament. Ambani might be given a place in the semis as, well and if not that, atleast 5th position or so.....lets see what happens? I would very much like to be proved wrong! Cause, Its another face of IPL, I am starting to dislike...
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