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IPL: Kochi still up in the air, Shilpa Shetty lets fly at the BCCI

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I must admit that the IPL going-ons have all the makings of a soap opera.

It has all the ingredients – money, glamour and sex appeal (courtesy the Bollywood biggies), a decamping honcho, exotic locations, politics and more twists and turns than a pot-boiler.

Add much needed melodrama and you have a hit formula.

A few bytes on the continuing saga:

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IPL scenarios under the scanner: Interesting possibilities!

With the IPL imbroglio boiling over and culminating in the expulsion of two teams, Kings XI and Rajasthan Royals, let’s take a quick look at the scenarios that could unfold:

1> The two franchise owners could go to court thus staying the auction of players in Jan 2011. This could have the effect of jeopardising or at the least delaying IPL 4 with two possibilities arising:  one that the teams are reinstated and thus IPL 4 goes on as scheduled , with some last-minute patch-ups and glitches.

The other is that the BCCI move is upheld and Raj Kundra and Preity Zinta sustain losses on their investments. The fans of Rajasthan Royals and Punjab XI are left feeling disgruntled and the other franchisee owners are left holding their queasy tummies in the sickening realization that the BCCI is a law unto itself and business motivations can take a backseat.

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