IPL and glamour girls

The IPL is on and the glamour girls are everywhere. Somehow I don’t like mixing both. Don’t get me wrong – I am not gay :-) But given the ardent cricket fan that I am, I would rather watch cricketers battle it out without having scantily clad women showing themselves off – its pretty disgusting to say the least. It was awesome to watch Shane Warne outfox Chandigarh Lions (or tigers or some animal) and I am sure with cricketers of his class around cricket will sell itself.

Raw Deal for Badrinath

I can bet my top dollar that Badrinath, the solid Tamil Nadu middle order batsman would be plying his trade in ICL by end of this year. I am sure he must be really frustrated. He has been the eternal bridesmaid but never the bride. He has been knocking at the doors of Indian cricket team for a while now. He was shunted out of ODI reckoning stating that he was too slow; he was touted by Dilip Vengsarkar (Chief Selector) as one of the key claimants for a middle order slot. The news that Md. Kaif has replaced Sachin Tendulkar in the squad must be a shock to him.

I think its been a real raw deal for him. Without any geographical bias (I am from Tamil Nadu as well), I suspect he should been given a chance to be in the squad. He has been the most consistent scorer in Ranji Trophy for the past few years and it’s a pity he has been ignored again.

Kapil Dev should be calling him shortly and ICL will benefit.