Lalit Modi outsourced the IPL-2 to South Africa

The second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is being played in South Africa since April 18, 2009. We bought the series of 59 matches on Willow TV for $79 here in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Every morning bright at 6:00 AM my wife and I are ready to watch the games with a hot [...]

South Africa is an excellent choice for IPL-2

The BCCI decision to move the IPL tournament to South Africa is prudent and in many ways path breaking. Cricket is like a religion in India. People are not only passionate about the game, they worship our cricket icons. Taking any chances with their security would have been irresponsible for the Board of Control for [...]

Should IPL be postponed till after the elections?

The more important question is, have we learnt anything from the carnage of 26/11? We are living in the post Pakistan world! There is no “Terror State of Pakistan” in existence any longer. What we have on our western border is a group of terror states within a failed state. This is a terrifying prospect [...]

Making of the Indian Premier League (IPL)

Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league created and promoted by the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) and supported by the ICC (International Cricket Council). Initially there are only eight teams in the league, comprising of a minimum of 16 players in each. All 8 teams are owned by [...]

The Pathans of India…

Yusuf Khan (born on November 17, 1982) and Irfan Khan (born on October 27, 1984) are the two Pathan brothers who have fired the imagination of Indian Cricket in the 21st century. Born to Mehmood Khan and Shamim Bano, the brothers grew up in a mosque in Baroda. Mehmood Khan worked as the muezzin. The [...]

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