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Ten reasons why IPL IV failed to capture hearts, minds and wallets

Television viewer’s interest plummeted, ticket sales tapered off and there was a jaded, sleazy feeling to the largest sporting extravaganza on the Indian sub-continent.

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Ten labours on Shane Warne’s To-Do list, post IPL 2011 (Humour)

Ten things that Shane Warne can do once he retires from the IPL:

1. Marry Elizabeth Hurley.
2. Coach or mentor the Rajasthan Royals (But, of course).
3. Commentate (Obviously).
4. Pen another autobiography. His first one’s titled “Shane Warne: My autobiography".
5. Model and endorse Estee Lauder products.
6. Write an agony aunt column on dating, breaking-up and re-dating.Advice on Twitter as a dating tool included.
7. Act (in a Bollywood blockbuster co-starring Shilpa Shetty).
8. Run the Big Bash Down Under.
9. Represent Australia once more. (Come on, there’s no one even close to Warney
   in the pipeline.)
10. Play 888 Poker.

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Better cricket at the CWC but more money at the IPL

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The ICC ODI World Cup or simply the CWC may have better quality of cricket but it is the Indian Premier League (IPL) that will have more eyeballs and larger wads of advertising money thrown at it.

The big losers during the 90-day cricket extravaganza are entertainment channels,films and multiplexes.

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