Tuesday, April 27, 2010

BCCI

Does anybody remember a bank that went by the name BCCI? that went bust? Nowadays when one talks about BCCI , it is generally about the cricket board. BCCI the bank eventually came to be known as the Bank of crooks and criminals international. Maybe the Board could use the same expansion as well.
BCCI that spawned the IPL (Pirates League), is now distancing itself from the child and pretending that they saw nothing, heard nothing. They must have at least smelt something. Whatever,... they DID nothing.
Meanwhile the brat they spawned, outgrew the board and is now the tail wagging the dog. Everybody enjoyed the parties, sweated their equity, tweeted on twitter and generally had a blast. Who is complaining? not the fans, not the franchisees, not the broadcasters, not the advertisers, not the sponsors..who was the victim in this crime.
The cricket afficiando will tell you that the gentlemans game of cricket has suffered..Really? The game which was dying a natural death having been replaced by the EPL at the home of cricket in England and in cricket crazy India. The IPL was the last big hope for cricket. And the Board may have landed the last killing blow.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.

1 comment:

Purba said...

I absolutely loved your post. Very sharp and hard hitting. You should be writing more often.