IPL 3 Auctions

Indian Premier League is one of the biggest sporting events of the year and naturally a big money-spinner. It is watched by lot of people around the globe and now practically has creeped into every aspect of an Indian's life.

Cricketers are paid astronomical sums of money in a event like this. So everybody wants to be in it. So the IPL auctions are one of the most closely watched events. Cricketers going under the hammer attach a lot of pride and ego to the bid price.

Around this time cricket takes a backseat while money calls the shots. Rumors has it that the reason why England folded so quickly in the last test against South Africa was to make sure that they were able to watch live updates of the IPL auction.

So this year's IPL auctions was no different. The biggest surprise came from the fact that nobody bid for any member of the Pakistan T20 team (who are incidently the current T20 world champions). Everybody in Pakistan right from their media, the cricketers to the politicians are crying hoarse about it. They are claiming that this is all a big controversy. But internally my reliable sources tell me that almost Pakistani crickets failed their IQ tests by a long long way and are about three times more intelligent than their current President. I know that is surprising considering that an average chimp is more intelligent than that.

But more than anybody the terrorist groups were disappointed. Al-Qaeda had planned to carry out some terror attacks by sending their men disguised as cheerleaders-cum-strippers. Since the underwear bomb had failed to take-off they were planning to use Crotch Guard bombs this time. Now that's globalization with adoption to local content.

For securing their future needs they needed to make sure they got all the aspects of IPL right. Now results require investment. Last heard they were sending some of their best men to learn "Game theory" hoping to apply it to cricket in general with specific focus on IPL.

Now considering the bidding is very expensive at IPL, these groups are looking to save costs on all other fronts. In fact they have cut their budgets for arms and ammunitions and are now increasingly looking at cheaper modes to cause destruction and mayhem. The answer to this is not simple though intuition might suggest 'Pakistan politicians' who are not only cheap but highly disposable as well.

I hope the real tournament is atleast half as eventful as the auctions.