It finally seems that Mr. Khan's luck has run out on him. With poor TRP ratings of his new quiz show and equally dismal performance on the field by his team, it seems that Mr. Khan has no where to hide. Even the Gods seem to be angry at Mr.Khan. Today's match was washed out and decided according to duckworth louis rule, Chennai winning by three runs. This is the second match in the league to be decided by the same and with north westerly winds coming even stronger , it is for sure , that one can expect more matches to be decided by this rule.
As I had mentioned in my blog earlier “ Cricket and controversies-2” about the fired players not receiving any remuneration , it seems the players on the team are facing the same problem. According to rules of the IPL all the international players were to be payed on a weekly basis, but none of the international players have received a dime.
Australian players have lodged a complaint with the Cricket Australia and the australian board is planning to pull Mr. Khan to court if the dues are not cleared. If the international players are bieng treated this way then it is for sure that the players who got fired a couple of days back from KKR can forget about any money. It will be wonder if Mr. Khan's team management doesnt charge them for the hotel accomodation in which they were put up while they were on the team.
Flood lights in Kolkata also have become a part of controversy. Today a number of floodlights went off just before the dust storm. The match would have anyways been stopped even if the dust storm wasn't there. It is easy to blame it on the storm ,now that the storm was there, but the slimmest chances of winning were lost with the drop catch of Patel. Hard luck.Who ever is behind the floodlight scam must be feeling real stupid now.
I wonder if the people get a refund for the money in these kinds of situations. When lights go off in a Cinema hall and there is no generator backup, I think people get a refund for their money. What has surprised me is that on one hand Mr. Khan ordered 17000 helmets for the fans of KKR. His logic was when the players see so many fans in KKR helmets they are bound to get motivated. Did he forget that motivation of any kind comes from money and he hasn't paid his key players yet. It can be understood that Mr. Ganguly can be paid at the end of the day as he considers his KKR team to be his family, but I think Mr. Ganguly's foreign counterparts who are actually real professional players and not somebodies family members would be happier if they were paid.
The reprecursions of all this are going to be seen in the next season, when foreign players will either boycott the IPL or will demand to be paid in full even before the tournament kicks off. If the team management wants that , they are most welcome. It has also been found out that the players contracts haven't been given to the players which makes this whole IPL a big “lala” company. I wonder if Mr. Khan even knows about all these discrepencies going on in his team. I have always believed him to be a great person and motivator but now it suddenly seems that all the gifts that he has been showering on the team are peanuts given to monkeys ,while the bananas are kept safely.
Why the players havent been payed, has however ,got a logical reason. The money that is to be paid runs in to millions of Rs. The longer it stays in the bank of any team management ,the more interest it generates thus bringing the average cost of the players down. Also at the end of the series players can be bargained with on lieu of poor performances shown during the match. A player will have to accept what ever he is given at that time.
Some where the turn of events are pointing the needle to the fact that IPL is not going to see another season, and it has already been decided. It can be only understood that if all the eight team management decide they dont want to continue with a money loosing venture , who is going to conduct the IPL.
My advice to you is , enjoy the matches while you can. Hope there are no dust storms and Matches don't end in five overs flat. Gentlemen give us time to finish atleast one beer per innings.
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