On Sale: Indian Cricket

There was total chaos at ‘The Leela’ in Bangalore where PM Manmohan Singh declared that the BCCI would cease to exist as Indian Cricket’s managing committee. The PM seemed visibly disturbed and slightly irritated after the stalemate at Kolkata which saw BCCI former honcho Dalmiya at his traditional best and also what many signaled as the pits for the popular sport in the country. The PM, who was in the city for the inauguration of the Airport road flyover, declined to comment on which new government body or committee of retired HC/SC judges would be the interim governing body instead of the BCCI.

In a more shocking follow up senior officials close to the PMO told this blog that Indian Cricket was on sale! Top Indian corporates have already been called to discuss the feasibility and the deal was expected to be signed as early as next month. The sources also indicated that the engagement between the corporate and the government would be based on a revenue sharing model. This blog had already reported PM comments during his US and Europe tour when he was visibly impressed about how some of the richest sports; baseball, football and F1 racing sport are successfully managed by private companies.

When learning about this development, the Left opposed to this ‘FDI’ in Indian sport and said that this would have ‘severe impact’. When informed that an Indian company will be at the helm and there was no FDI here, the Left spokesperson wearily stated that they “…opposed it anyways. Tweet Tweet…chirp chirp”.

I opened my eyes. Oh what a glorious Saturday! and what a wonderful dream to start your weekend! ‘If only this was true…’ I said aloud as I went in search of some tea.