The IPL - cricket's fourth epoch
The Indian Premier League, which launches in less than a week, has brought forth a host of responses from respected voices in the game
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When dusk descends on India this Friday evening, and the lights go on in Bangalore, not only will the Indian Premier League commence. It will also launch the fourth age of cricket.
The administrators haven't studied the history of the game closely; in the seventies they fought Kerry Packer over World Series Cricket and lost. To the extent that the ICC haven't offered IPL a window in the schedule where the tournament can be conducted without affecting players' commitments to their country, the administrators are again resisting change
Ashok Ganguly is an editorial assistant at Cricinfo