IPL's dangerous moves
The IPL's decision to move matches from Hyderabad and Vishakapatnam over the Telengana issue is criticised in this editorial in the Indian Express
Siddhartha Talya
25-Feb-2013
The IPL's decision to move matches from Hyderabad and Vishakapatnam over the Telengana issue is criticised in this editorial in the Indian Express. The decision, the editorial says, has been taken by ignoring the situation on the ground and state government, and the overreach has damaged efforts to manage the security situation in the country.
But the board’s overreach is making the IPL unsafe for this country. Take the latest two-step. Sharad Pawar last week called on Bal Thackeray, at a time when the Shiv Sena stood at its most politically isolated, an isolation that threatened to also marginalise the NCP. But it was let out that Pawar was not calling on Thackeray in his capacity as an NCP leader, but in fact, to win the Sena chief over for the smooth conduct of IPL matches.
Siddhartha Talya is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo