Be visionaries, not puppets

In the Hindustan Times, Pradeep Magazine urges the former cricketers on the IPL's governing council - MAK Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri - to help put cricket first in the next season of the league.

IPL is a brand which is here to stay and is still threatening the two other formats of cricket, especially Tests. The corporate takeover of cricket as a property may have got delayed by this scandal but the threat still remains. It is here that messrs Gavaskar/Shastri/Pataudi can act as visionaries in trying to find a middle ground which would safeguard the interests of the sport, its various stake-holders and even the new fan base created by this glitzy new event.