IPL riches are for a select few
In his column for the Hindu , Makarand Waingankar questions the Maharashtra Cricket Association's move to draft in two foreign players, who are not even regulars for their respective countries, at the expense of local players who are bound to get
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
In his column for the Hindu, Makarand Waingankar questions the Maharashtra Cricket Association's move to draft in two foreign players, who are not even regulars for their respective countries, at the expense of local players who are bound to get demoralised by this. On the issue of player earnings, he says the IPL riches only count for an elite few in India and it's high time corporates in cities other than Chennai, start employing cricketers.
The least the BCCI could do is have an inter-corporate tournament at the state level so that not only will employment opportunities for cricketers be generated, but also state associations will be prevented from ruining the cricketers’ careers.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo