Bored with IPL? Maybe Modi should call Time
The IPL has seen an excess of everything and it's no wonder that many South Africans haven't taken to it
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
The IPL has seen an excess of everything and it's no wonder that many South Africans haven't taken to it. It may have been a coup for South Africa to have landed this tournament to show off the country's organisational skill, particularly in light of next year's football World Cup, but the event has been soulless, writes Stuart Hess in the Star.
However, subtlety and the IPL are about as compatible as oil and water - the two just don't mix - so we'll have to put up with spokesmen screaming about a six that's no longer a six, but a maximum sponsored by an Indian property company whose finances have taken a hit during the credit crunch, and a catch that's a success backed by a bank that needed bail-out money from the Obama administration.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo