Cricketers up for sale. Did you buy any?
Saturday, February 23, 2008
On the one hand players are getting a chance to get to know their worth in the international market, but on the other it doesn't stop one from wondering whether the $$ they are getting are justified? Is it the talent that was being auctioned at Hilton, Mumbai or was it the integrity of International cricket that was being sold.
MS Dhoni ended up earning $ 1.5 mn/yr and Andrew Symonds - $ 1.3 mn. Now come to think of the effort they have to put up - 6 weeks of 20-20 matches in a year - the price tag seems to be way too high isn't it? Of course there are contracts and bindings but who would have imagined that one day these guys would get an opportunity to break the shackles of domestic cricket, county cricket and come up this way on a new 20-20 format that was non existent a 2-3 years back.
Is this the end of Cricket as many of us are calling it ? Or is for the better? Will have to wait and watch as time progresses but one thing is sure - IPL has caught a lot of attention both domestic and international. And what on earth happened to ICL? Remember this was their idea but the BCCI owned IPL muscled them outta the race? May ICL's soul rest in peace.
Labels: BCCI, Cricket, Dollar, ICL, India, IPL
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Fireworks at J'burg
Monday, September 24, 2007
Also, was just trying out this pictobrowser thing. Works cool !!
Labels: 20, 2007, Cricket, India, Pakistan, World-Cup
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Well deserved victory
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Labels: Bhutia, Cricket, Football, India
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What a week
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
That was the ending of “The Sopranos”?
That?
The Hilton-going-to-jail saga came to an abrupt end and was aired by news channels throughout the evening. So much for CNN and Larry King and the Daily news channels providing news from across the country US. I think I will stop watching CNN one of these days. Larry even aired interviews and had his typical set of questions - oh well!
Conan O'Brien has a smart way of putting things and mentioned that she was dearly missing her facial cream which left her skin dry - sob sob.
Technology
Apple iPhones are finally to hit the market on the 29th. They've come up with some good promotional ads - see them here.
They've also come up with SAFARI for windows .... mmmmmmm
Also - the new leopard's out there. Trying to conquer time and space.
SportsNadal once again proved that he's the best on Clay. Fedex delivery did not reach Roland Garros for the 3rd year in a row. I think the window is now closing for Fedex, if he's not able to life the trophy in the next 2 years, he's done. Deprived of the French Open like so many tennis greats!
Walt Disney announced that they would be acquiring 'Cricinfo'. Tough to digest but they are staring to venture out of their traditional - American football, Baseball, Basket ball & NASCAR.
The All New LeopardLabels: Apple, Coach, Cricket, Entertainment, Ford, India, iPhone, Sports, Technology, US
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... and before you leave for Bangladesh
Sunday, May 06, 2007
.And yeah he's already qualified.
Labels: Calcutta, Cricket, Dhoni, India
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Monopoly
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
- ESPN has bought telecast rights of ICC events for the next 8 years; For the recovery of more than 80 per cent of the $1.1 billion spent, ESPN is banking on the cricket craze in the Indian subcontinent.
- If India is knocked out in the group stages of the WC, not a single advertiser will henceforth have the courage to invest money in buying advertising slots early. And if advertising rates don’t hit the roof, chances are ESPN will be unable to recover even half the money invested.
- The bottomline: if India loses on March 23 to Sri Lanka, the ICC might even face its worst financial crisis in the long run.
- If India crashes out at group stage, advertisers’ interest in the tournament is certain to nosedive. Chances are some of the organizers might well drown themselves for fear of bankruptcy in the Caribbean sea. In fact, the World Cup faces the risk of being touted a financial disaster when it is hardly a week old.
- Some of the West Indian islands are likely to suffer huge losses if India fails to qualify. The tourism industry, which is the primary source of revenue in many of these islands, is banking on the fact that Indian supporters will make the World Cup a success.
- Of all the packages sold by official travel agents, Indian fans have bought 60 per cent of them. And if Dravid and his men lose to Sri Lanka, chances are more than 80 per cent of these fans will try and cancel trips.
Labels: BCCI, Caribbean, Cricket, Dravid, ICC, India, Pakistan, Srilanka, World-Cup
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Superb Week (Sports)
Sunday, March 18, 2007
One reason - India lost their WC opener against Bangladesh. It seriously cranked me up. I was following the scores on Cricinfo and saw the wickets tumble like crazy. The end result was quite evident as the men in Blue got their much needed wake up call. On the other hand Pakistan was kicked outta the WC after losing 2 matches in a row, yesterday was truly a celebration for the Irish.
Anyways I don't care much about these teams anyways (am more interested in the Fantasy League now), I'm rooting for SA or SL this time. All this seems to be a Deja Vu, I'd mentioned earlier that "I hope I don't see any surprises" ... and what a surprise it was!! Again I have to ask this - What's Sehwag doing there? Enjoying his stay??
Coming back to the F1 - finally Kimi got what he deserved. He was unstoppable right from lap 1 as he dominated the race and never looked back. I'm happy for him and happy that Ferrari would be able to retain their stature as the best team even after MS's departure. The new kid - Hamilton did a superb job as well. Let's wait and watch if Alonso would be able to retain his title this year...
Labels: Cricket, Dravid, F1, Formula One, India, Kimi, Racing, Raikkonen, Sehwag, Snow
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Cricket Crazy India, Ad Crazy Players
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Wont be coming as a surprise to most of you out there. If you follow the game of cricket you would definitely know that India is a cricket crazy nation. People Eat cricket, Drink cricket, Sleep cricket, Live Cricket out there.
Turns out that our wicketkeeper-batsman M.S Dhoni scored the max. in 2006 when it comes to advertisements. He was the player endorsing the largest number of brands and appeared in TV ads for as many as 23 brands in 2006, beating 10dulkar and Rahul - 17 each.
In terms of the most appearances on an Indian television, its Dhoni again. Between January and November , Dhoni has appeared for almost 12 lakh seconds in TV ads. Holly macro, thats like 1 hour every day throughout the year !!!! What an achievement. Atta Boy-Dhoni ! Tennis star Sania Mirza with 8.4 lakh seconds is the runner up beating the Captain and Sachin.
धोनी - अगर उतना वक्त आप प्रशीक्षण् मै बिताते तो शायद् ....
Labels: Advertisement, Cricket, Dhoni, Dravid, India, Mirza, Rahul, Sachin, Sania, Tendulkar, Tennis, World-Record
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