Short Message Servings

So King Khan is sulking. The losses have been mounting and news is that he won't be seeing the second season of the IPL. The latest is that he is planning to sell of the team. While he still hasn't paid the players , He owes the cricket association of Bengal 3.5 crores . SRK since the advent of IPL has aged ten years. While he had the confidence of a winner , when he featured in the KKR music video. He looked lost , tired and defeated when seen blowing a kiss to the Mumbai crowd. He was definitely booed down.

Tragedy is that the SMS , he sent to the players today before the match with Delhi Dare devils has been doing the rounds of all the news channels. His trust has been breached even here ,for the only way any news channel would have got the SMS, was through ,one of the players. I actually dont believe SRK would leak it for publicity, he already has enough. So somebody has a grouse against the great SRK. There is a traitor in the KKR team. The speculation ,why he wasn't present in the last match , has also been put to rest. “ I wont attend the classroom until I understand the rules of the head master.”A gesture I admire. It is better to conduct yourself with dignity rather then go on the field and asked to leave after fifteen minutes in the dug out. Speaking of which, I guess Ms. Zinta did not understand the concept of the red card for the team owners. She was seen throughout the match sitting in the dug out area. Its surprising that I thought, she could understand plain simple english.



It has also been brought to the media's notice that the cheerleaders were told to leave because of their color on the behest of the franchisee. Ms. Zinta forgets , she is a black to the rest of the world. No matter what her skin color may be. Its sad to see ,a woman who got a bravery award for speaking out her mind a few years back in a high profile case could stoop so low.Now promising to help the cheerleaders aint going to repair what damage is done. I am sure Wizcraft people dont care whether black or white dance as long as there is a performance on stage.



What is seen here , is a degradation of morals. The pressure is high . The most profitable team of the IPL is about to be sold because the owners dont find it to be a feasible project. What about the other teams who have been loosing throughout. Winning matches dont really equate to cash in the bank. In my previous article I had compared the IPL to the East India Company .I was wrong. East India Company made profits. IPL is nothing but a display of power and wealth. Where one team owner bends the rules to accommodate, a whim of his , and then does not even avail th facility, another proves that the obsession with white skin is not just a thing of our western counter parts.



When taxi drivers are beaten up in Australia, we call it racism. When black cheerleaders are told to leave the stage, we call it management decision. So much for double standards. The country has started to split on the lines of loyalty and its not a question about whether the franchisee are making money or not. Mumbaikars booed the Mohali team captain on the field and he complaint furiously in the press meet. Some body threw a stone at Sehwag in his home ground. Are we not a nation, then why cant we just take the game in the right spirit . Why has it become a war and being promoted as war. I have always thought that cricket was a game of friendship. A gentleman's game and now it has turned in to a mockery.



With price caps being removed from the players salary next year , there is going to be a blood bath in the auction and on the field. While all the profit avenues being exploited this season, I wonder with no price caps, will the IPL be conducted throughout the year just to cover up the investments. While I write this another match seems to be washed out , between Daredevils and KKR . So much for the motivational message of SRK. On second thoughts could this message be leaked out by the team management to clear the air about a lot of issues that have haunted the KKR team. I am sure the team players would have known about whether there was a rift between the King , the cardinal and the general . Think about it.