What's in a franchise name?

A couple of days after Shane Warne's gigantic sign-on fee for the Indian Premier League was announced, Sharda Ugra takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the creativity that the Twenty20 tournament will spawn. Tired with franchise names like "Tigers" and "Cobras", she suggests some titles, including "The Kolkata Protestors" (industrial action or cricket balls, it's all about the strike rate) and "The Hyderabad Leftovers" (from all that remains after the ICL sweep).

Read the full piece in the India Today.