IPL - Why Lalit Modi is smiling?

It was a brave decision to move the whole IPL in to South Africa. Every tom dick and harry had their own share of opinions, suggestions and demands. IPL chair man Mr. Lalit Modi had a meeting with Indian minister Chidambaram prior to IPL shift; Minister wasn’t ready to split his security force for mere entertainment reason over countries primary concern like election. He said the same to Lalit Modi in a very polite manner and requested him to change the IPL schedule to make it little bit later. Knowing the attitude of Lalit Modi, he must have asked the minister why they can’t postpone their election fuzz instead. End of the day both of them stick with their original ideas. Result - IPL in South Africa. Hip hip hurray!

 

Every body appreciated Lalit Modi for his brave move; in fact Modi had made a lot of contract with different TV channels, Ad makers and sponsors. Giving a due respect to the global recession he was scared to lose some of the clients if it postpones two weeks; plus it may clash with T20 World Cup that also going to take place in June. All his team owners including Sharukh Khan and Prety Zinta completely agreed with the idea of Modi. Mr.Malliya was “OK” for anything whatever Mr.Modi says. He always offered everybody a bottle or two Kingfisher weather there is IPL this year or not.

 

Finally it happened. IPL 2009 in South Africa! Modi had last laugh. He left an impression to his fellow business men that this bullshit called “recession” is only in their mind, it is just like a horror fiction by Stephen King without substance. One of Mr.Modi’s friends believed him blindly and invested his hard earned money for Real Estate business in Middle East; he may end up burning not only his fingers but also his… yeah, you know what I mean!

 

Modi was happy, Shipla Shetty and Prety Zinda were happy, Malliya was more than happy as always. Yeah, Sharukh Khan also was happy till his team Kolkatta Knight Riders gone out to the ground to play a game called Cricket. On the half way of the tournament Sharukh gone back to home saying T20 is boring. Dude, your players are boring to its core, look at Chris Gayle, one can forgive him for his sleepy look and droopy eyes, but man, he is making others sleepy too, now that is offensive, then comes Dada, he blink his eyes several times (batting eyelid 25 times in a second) just not to fall in sleep while batting, then Ajith Agarkar, did he ever wake up?

 

When I saw the first match of IPL I understood the fact that, Super Star of this edition of IPL is none other than Mr.Lalit Modi. He smiles, he chuckles, he laughs in rare occasions he pick his nose, he scratch his balls, oh my god, the camera men seems like just can't get enough of him. As a duty of commentators Mr.RaviShastri is the one competing for the first place to praise Modi, another commentator from Chennai also wasn’t far behind (I need two lines to type his name, and I am not sure still I will be able to spell it correctly either) When ever camera focus on Lalit Modi, he never fail to sparkle that special yellow smile. Once I heard Ravi Shastri’s comment about Modi’s “double mobile phone” conversations, yeah, you read it right; he was talking through two mobile phones holding in two hands!!

“Nobody knows how many more mobile phones Mr.Modi has in his pocket!”  Mr.Ravi, this is too silly comment to enlarge one’s image. Public felt pity on you to see your effort to magnify Mr.Modi’s image that actually degraded your image as a person who stunned to see some one is holding two mobile phones!

 

Modi didn’t stop there, he donate 100 rands each to 59 schools in South Africa to make Indian ministers jealousy, he want Indian public to prosecute the minister Chidambaram for not allowing IPL in India, and look what all the fortune India is losing, money, money and more money, Ad revenues, taxes plus a wonderful game of Cricket for public along with some semi-nude dances, some hard core IPL fans said they even can afford to miss cricket all together but not the cheer leaders and their weird dance steps, Mr. Modi should have had little sympathy on these people to keep only the cheer leaders and their dance in India!

 

If Mr.Modi thinks he made Indian government to regret for their stand against IPL this year, then I can only extend my warm condolence to Modi, Indian Government won’t give a damn about your IPL dude, for them you are another business freak from their home country with yellow smile and liked to be in camera all the time, if you want to have IPL in India, then it is fine, if it is not then it is double fine!!

 

Political or not, the show must continue, inside or outside India, let IPL steal the show. Don’t be so greedy to have two IPL in a year, too much cricket also can kill the interest of public, and Mr.Modi, next time kindly avoid the camera as much as you can, I am sure still there will be enough appearance to satisfy yourself during the match. Last time we missed some of the important bowling and boundaries; because camera man was busy showing your weird antics. And it is bad for you too, look at the picture those photographers caught! You too can't have a normal life that everybody is having and enjoying around you!

Adios.