The show was for all to see … Tamasha if I may add – Jaspal Bhatti did not let go the oppurtunity as well. With all the talk about Cricket increasingly moving away from “Gentlemen’s game”, this seems like the final nail. It might not be far when we would have ICC banning Punjab hooligans from entering Australian cricket territories. Did someone say we want to follow the English Premier League?
Anyway, it was an interesting turn of events in Mumbai and there were a few surprises as well…
Chennai & Hyderabad, surprisingly, has been the biggest spenders with $5.925 and 5.885 Million. SRK’s Kolkata comes in third with $4.980 Million followed by Delhi at $4.825 Million and Mohali at $4.620 Million.
The bigger corporate backed teams – Mumbai by Reliance and Bangalore by Kingfisher have disappointed with $3.85 & $3.80 Million. Or could they be playing smart, saving for buying players outside the pool??? Interesting times ahead, as we tread the path of the hugely popular Soccer leagues of Europe with the likes of Manchester United, Real Madrid and the Milans…
Lets see what transpires…
-Shakir.
Interesting, though I may add it’s a long way to go before dust will finally settle. And, I dont think we would follow the hooliganism of football, quite so quickly…
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Finally… Good start..
And v nice layout… Seems all neat and structured.
Abt cricket, well… all of us want to reserve our comments on it, rite!?!
Though personally, I guess Hyd seems to hav done a gr8 job.. Look at their line up (without the SRK’s and Ambanis…), they’ve really put their heads together..
Hitters all – Gibbs, Gilchrist, Symonds, Afridi – If they come in that order, which T 20 team has a chance I wonder?!