I doubt Lalit and I would ever be friends.
He probably wants to kidnap me, burn me, and then snort my ashes.
And I want to dip his testicles in slow burning acid while playing him the go chargers song.
You can say what you want about him (asshole, potential fraudster, charlatan, kidnapper, cancer magnate, or runny anal discharge), but you can’t call him stupid.
His handling of the ICL’s demise was perfection, “sure you can come back now they can’t pay you, you just have to apologise to us and go sit in the corner”.
And now he has made another great decision, letting the players pick which team they want to play for in the champion’s league. (thanks to the heretic for the link)
Genius, let the domestic franchises and the players decide.
At least half of them are going to end up in their IPL sides, probably more, and Lalit looks like a nice guy.
We know he isn’t, last year he fought like a hungry dog for the clause that said the IPL has the right to their players first.
For a team like Otago, a guaranteed 250,000usd is probably their best way forward.
For Victoria or the Cape Cobras, who both have serious line ups and real chances of winning, why would they take the 250,000usd, when with Gibbs or Dirty Dirk they might be able to win the whole 3 million.
The IPL sides are still going to be the favourites in the tournament, no other team has that quality of International players to choose from, and they get to play the series at home.
If every team loses one big name import, it won’t be the end of the world.
And Lalit wins, again.
