controversy in relation to the formation of a new franchise, Kochi (a city of Southern India
).Why, when you deal in such huge huge money disputes quarrels controversies scandals and so on are bound to happen. Maybe things were under wraps so far and since this time a minister was involved it blew the lid. Again, India is not the only country where favoritism
nepotism corruption
and unholy nexus
are held in high esteem. Two new teams, Kochi and Pune, were auctioned recently for astronomical prices, even higher than the IPL Commissioner expected! There might be a time soon when every billionaire of the world would want to buy an IPL team or to have stakes in it. The money game is all set to accelerate further. With formation of new and newer teams the tournament duration will have to be increased from current 2 months to 3-6 months or maybe for a full year and it will fast become a deadly war of Business
Vs Loyalty
. Rivalries and scandals will be the order of the day. The esteemed values mentioned above will have added dimensions. How much cricket is likely to be retained by IPL only time can tell. Meantime, get set to enjoy more and more of scandals with some toppings of cricket thrown in!
. Once you accept the existence of the invisible world 
, India, we had our house with a huge campus with ponds both in the front and back side. My grandfather, Indreswar Chakravarty who lived up to the ripe age of 97, was a cultivator and a very hard worker. His work meant everything to him and he never bothered about the ghosts or anything. He used to go out with a sword when he sensed tigers prowling around the cowshed late at night. So, he had no fear in his mind to have what you may call 
.
were like normal inhabitants of the house. He and my grandmother saw them almost every day. Just before supper time my grandmother would walk to the pond to wash her hands and while coming back she would often see herself entering the kitchen. Such things were very common and accepted as normal.
! Someone is stealing my fish!'. Villagers came out with lights and weapons. And, his fish was saved. 
match where it no longer mattered what format it belonged to. Test or fifty overs or twenty overs! If you want to know, it was an IPL T20 match played on April 5 at Nagpur, India. 
Royals(RR) and 
Chargers(DC)--were desperate for win. The pitch was slowish and was not easy to bat on. The batsmen had to dig in to play major innings. It offered something for the bowlers--both spinners and pacers--despite all the crippling restrictions imposed on them thanks to T20 IPL cricket. Fours and sixes were normalized and genuine gripping cricket played.
midway. But then, the 40 year old wonder called 
got 
as on many occasions of his illustrious career and took four wickets on a trot making way for a cricket match of glorious uncertainties and nail biting suspense. Only Rohit Sharma of DC kept on trying for victory and nearly achieved it with just 6 runs needed in 6 ball. But RR youngster pacer Trivedi, inspired by Warne, took 3 wickets in that last eventful over and got Rohit in the penultimate ball with 2 runs needed for victory and 1 for tie. 
