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Paul Valthaty paints a Preity picture for Kings XI Punjab

Team owners decide to simulate missing players in IPL (Satire)

IPL franchisee owners are clamouring for change.

Fed-up of being short-changed by the non-availability of key players, team honchos have decided to drive changes in the format of the IPL.

“After paying superstars millions of dollars, the least you could expect is that they would be on hand for the duration of the tournament.

But no such luck.”

“National team commitments are deemed more important”, complains a prominent  unnamed IPL co-owner.

Shane Watson clinches it for Aussies

Overheard on Monday afternoon, the 11th of April, 2011:

“What’s on?”

“Watson!”

“That’s what I said! What’s on?”

“Watson! Shane Watson! A Watson blitzkrieg against Bangladesh. That’s what’s on. ”

Shane Watson cracked a brutal 185 against Bangladesh at Mirpur with 15 sixes, a world record.

Lasith Malinga scuppers Delhi Daredevils with fifer in Mumbai Indians’ first game

Indian babies born on April 2, 2011 to be awarded cash prize by BCCI (Satire)

The BCCI has decided to extend its munificence—following Team India’s World Cup triumph—to every baby born on the 2nd of April, 2011.

India has a baby born every two seconds. That makes approximately 30 * 60 * 24 = 43,200 babies born on the auspicious day.

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IPL franchisees demand a say in appointment of curators (Satire)

There are more rumbles within the IPL.

The franchisees are not all pleased with the auctions. Though teams have largely grabbed the players they short-listed, the team owners feel that they should have a say in the appointment of curators and groundsmen especially at their home venues.

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Insuring World Cup events and IPL players , at a price (Humour)

Almost all top guns in the IPL have been insured by their respective teams, ranging from Sachin Tendulkar (Rs. 44.97 crores) to Gautam Gambhir (Rs. 11.64 crores).

Wouldn’t it have been a great idea for the ICC to secure insurance cover against original trophies  locked down by bureaucratic Customs officials? The eventualities covered could include embarrassment caused by disclosures that ‘hugged-and-kissed’ trophy is a replica, free World Cup tickets demanded by said officials and sundry miscellaneous damages including loss-of-face.

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CSK versus KKR: MS Dhoni versus Gautam Gambhir

Is Writer Fatigue the reason for staid cricketing copy? (Satire)

The Cricket Writers Association of India (CWAI) are up in arms.

The premier union of sports writers has written to the BCCI regarding the hectic Indian cricket calendar this year .

Beginning with the Ashes and the India-South Africa tour, followed by the World Cup and now the IPL, it has been one form of cricket followed by the other, with nary a break.

“What about the helpless journos?” cries CWAI president, Wicketless Witter.

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Shane Warne squashes rumours of being the next Team India coach