| Stump Vision - by R. Mohan |
| - The rise and rise of the IPL |
| There is no stopping the march of the Indian Premier League. While the league’s seductive appeal has ensured that new fans of the T-20 format will stay captivated, the league’s franchises are also spreading their tentacles across the cricket world. The league may be just two seasons old but it has already captured the imagination of cricket fans worldwide even as the game has evolved into a short and brutal test of team capabilities.
So swift has the rise of the T-20 been that the IPL is all ready to spin off some more sexy money to its franchises. One of them, Rajasthan Royals, has already set the ball rolling for a global league of Royal.....more |
| From the Diary - by Sunil Gavaskar |
| - Sunny's Column (635) |
| When Steve Davis raised his finger to signal Morne Morkel’s dismissal leg-before wicket to Harbhajan Singh, the first reaction was not just to follow Harbhajan as he made his victory run but also to see the slow motion action replay. India did not want to win with an umpiring error with so little time left for the Test to finish. The decision was spot on again and what Davis and Ian Gould have shown in this series and in the Kolkata Test in particular, is that they are among the top umpires in the world. It is never easy to officiate in India with its noise and crowds and the heat and the dust but these two have been magnificent. The Eden Ga.....more |