In this series of “Of Cricket and Controversies” , I would like to thank all the people involved in the IPL for providing me so many controversial matters to write about. The latest to join the band wagon is Shiv Sena who burned effigies of Ness Wadia and Ms. Zinta in Mohali today. In another news, cheer leaders who had faced racial discrimination by the hands of Wizcraft filed an official complaint with the police for fraud and racial abuse.
The Punjab police who are already on bad terms with the Mohali team, now , have got a chance to settle scores. Lets hope Ms. Zinta hadn't instructed the Wizcraft management regarding the cheer leaders otherwise she will be in deep trouble this time. The latest incident of smoking and drinking, it seems hasn't gone down well with the people as well. While most of the cricket lovers might get swayed away from the field , in the wake of the protests by the Shiv Sena, mounting losses have , it seems made Ms. Zinta loose her cool. She became extremely angry when the news hounds outnumbered her security guards and fired questions at her regarding her boyfriends misbehavior with the SSP Mohali. An official complaint has been lodged in this regards too.
While a news channel very happily calculated the earnings of King Khan , they conveniently missed out of Mr. Khans dues to the Cricket association of Bengal, the money spent on security and the taxes that King has to pay as entertainment tax. They also forgot to calculate the Income tax which comes to a whopping thirty three percent. According to them , the king made around eight crores as profit. Let me remind them that after paying only the taxes the king might be loosing in the tune of sixteen crores. Well the balance sheets are yet to be made. The media once again proves that they are no longer to be trusted to give accurate news. It is sad to see people in love with cricket arguing over trivial matters like who earned how much. As if the king is going to give them any profit or they are going to share the loss. Mr. Modi however is not a very happy man. A PIL has been filed against him in the supreme court regarding his involvement in a drug possession case in 2005. He was found carrying drugs in the USA.
So much for the chairman of the IPL. This may also prove to be a nail in the coffin of Mr. Modi's BCCI dream.
Talking of Shiv Sena , I was rather surprised to see them in Mohali. Probably they have their tentacles spread all over India . Its sad to see that at one hand Shiv Sena is trying to throw North Indians out of Maharashtra , north Indians as a part of Shiv Sena are protesting against cheerleaders on the ground. May be they have been sleeping till now and suddenly when the IPL is about to shut shop, woke up to demonstrate against the Mohali team owners. It is a known fact that Sikh religion does not permit smoking and the hula boo was more on Ness Wadia smoking rather then his acquisitions made on the SSP and Punjab police . I would really like to know what the law has to say about this. Mr. Wadia being a big shot may get away with it lightly ,but in any case will be facing the wrath of Punjab police. He can not stand guard at the stadium doors checking the crowd for carrying water bottles and other food items that can be termed as potential weapons by the IPL committee.
Speaking of Hug power, it seems that Ms. Zintas hug power has propelled the Mohali team in to winning this curtain raiser to the final. There was no stopping to Marsh and Yuvraj tonight , who got their much deserved hugs and kisses at the end of the game. Of course Shane warne wasn't playing and that made all the difference to Rajasthan Royals. Guess they have fallen in to the trap laid by the great Warne. Now when they appear in the finals , chances are that their confidence of beating RR will prove to be their down fall.
In another match today Mumbai Indians had a comfortable victory over Royal challengers which also marked the T-20 career for Rahul Dravid . Chances are dim that he would be playing the next season. Poor guy has faced enough and its only wise for him to say good bye now that his million dollar pay check is secured. I surely hope , he does not retire for he would get another two million for being thrown out of the team. Best of luck Dravid for next year.
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