Why is the Indian cricket fan still silent?
Suresh Menon in The Hindu laments the reactions that have failed to come after the scandals still plaguing the Indian Premier League
29-May-2013
Suresh Menon in The Hindu laments the reaction of the public to the issues of corruption in the Indian Premier League, the silence of the contemporary greats of Indian cricket in this time of crisis, the attitude of the sponsors who continued to back the troubled league and the BCCI's inability budge their president.
Wouldn't it have been wonderful if the fans had refused to turn up at Eden Gardens for the final, forcing it to be played before an empty stadium? Alone among the stakeholders in the sport, they have the power to force the cricket board to clean up its act, first by keeping away from matches and then by boycotting the products of the sponsors involved in the IPL. That fantasy was, however, short-lived.