17 April 2008
Talk About Drama
Posted by Aditya under: Cricket; Indian Premier League .
Minutes after a “short, sharp and sweet” opening ceremony on Friday to launch the inaugural edition of the Twenty20 tournament, the organisers are planning to switch off all lights at the Chinnaswamy Stadium before the first match between Dravid’s Bangalore Royal Challengers, the hosts, and Ganguly’s Kolkata Knight Riders, the visitors, which begins at 20.00 local time. “Then, the spotlights will come on, and focus on the two skippers as they walk out for the toss,” Charu Sharma, the Royal Challengers’ chief executive, told Cricinfo.[source]
Yes, that’s the kind of drama the IPL is going to experience. A bit much don’t you think? Turning off the lights eh? Better let the crowd know that it’s pre-planned. Else, they might mistake it for a power cut.
There will be some more IPL posts over the next month. Trust me, I wanted to write about other stuff too, but there still are a few thoughts on Lalit Modi and his cronies’ handling of things that have been eating my brain for the past few days. So hang on tight.
Since the league is now almost underway, let me make my affiliations known to every one: I support the Chennai Super Kings — what with me being Tamil and liking Chennai in general.
