-600K (no, not °s Kelvin)

A blog by Â(c)hinaman

Arithmetic says so.
1200K – 600K … that in US$$$
But the difference that last run made to cricket yesterday is much more than that.

The scorekeepers have balanced their overs and maidens, runs by the byes and the extras.
They have made way for the accountants, to chalk up the scores that really matters.
What was bought,
what is owed, and what is owned;
what money came in, what went out, and what is left – the winning margin,
and for the losers, what needs to be sold.
With just one ball to go, the runs were level, the match was tied,
to the observers of traditional cricket, the teams were equals -
not really.
There was already the difference of a whopping $24m.
Chennai Superkings had cost $91 million ||| Rajasthan Royals came cheap at $67 million

The scorebooks will show the Rajastani Royals took home a cheque of $1.2m.
That was just the prize – the real money for the Royals will be high;
amount invested against money earned, the profit margins.

The real winners

The real winners of this IPL circus, - the BCCI, of course!
In their new form of cricket, the scores are different,
the criteria of success is not in runs, but in cricket-dollars.
Failures on the field can no longer be washed away with the evening pint.
Tomorrows will no more be just another game, no longer start with a clean scoresheet.
The balance will be brought forward by the book-keepers at the end of each day, everyday.
Successes will no longer be judged by wickets taken or runs scored,
non performers will realise that their name and reputation
is not worth a paisa.

Dawn of a new cricket

Players yearn to be ‘bought’; a new world slavery amidst glamour and glitz.
Now the realities of their slavedom will gradually sink in.
For some it has already started.
Taken the money, deliver goods,
and no excuses or
you’re fired.

Cricketers have for too long enjoyed
a dream psudoprofessional status of earning embarassing
amounts of money, regardless of outcome, irrespective of failures.
IPL will come as a rude awakening for some of our spoilt brats to real professionalism.

It will do good for a lot of inflated egos – I am a convert in the sense.
Its the dawn of cricket of balancing books.

A
new day,
a new way…
and I am feeling good.

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