It's all in the IPL family
Four of eight teams in the ongoing Twenty20 are owned or managed by individuals with links to either BCCI or IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi, writes Shriniwas Rao in the Indian Express .
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan
25-Feb-2013
Four of eight teams in the ongoing Twenty20 are owned or managed by individuals with links to either BCCI or IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi, writes Shriniwas Rao in the Indian Express.
One of the owners of Kings XI Punjab is Mohit Burman of the Dabur family. His brother Gaurav, who is based in UK, is Modi’s step son-in-law. When contacted, Mohit Burman said: “It’s not just me alone, there are three other investors and naturally they won’t be putting their money because I am related. The IPL is a good business opportunity and the relationship with Modi is a mere coincidence.”
The Hindustan Times' Pradeep Magazine feels a corporate culture will leave cricket shaken.
Meanwhile the Hindu's KP Mohan asks if there is any relevance to dope testing in IPL?
In rushing through with an anti-doping code, the IPL has exposed younger domestic players to some risk.
Also read Anand Vasu's piece in the Hindustan Times where he mentions the punishment precedents that the board can lean on in the Harbhajan - Sreesanth row.
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan is a former assistant editor at Cricinfo