Shifting the IPL tournament abroad is as good as divulging the government and people. The decision was taken in a haste and even the Union Minister’s advice was ignored. It was a simple matter, needing just re-scheduling a sport event , but unfortunately like many other enclaves it was allowed to be ballooned into a business-cum-politics involving national security capabilities as a prestigious issue. It is tricky to believe that IPL shifting was inevitable as there were options but BCCI’s haughtiness and egotism has constrained them to reconcile. The intransigence shown by the world’s richest sport body has not only made India dishearten the zeal of millions of cricket lovers across the country but has also forced to lose a reasonable chunk of tax revenue.
Majeed Mulla
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