The Writer's Blog

For the past 3 years...I have been cheering for Bangalore and Chennai in the Indian Premier League coz these two teams were something that were close to the place that I call home...KOCHI....But with the announcement of the two new teams that was done earlier today.....things have certainly changed....for the better..... Mr. Lalit Modi who was announcing the two new teams...revealed the first team as PUNE...that was bought by SAHARA group...I was quite tainted after that first revelation...coz.... Ahmedabad and Pune were the top two in the bidding pipeline....with huge names from Bollywood backing 'em up...(even the opinion poll on my blog too say the same....)....and once Pune was out of the box...I knew it had to be Ahmedabad.....especially with Narendre Modi backing up....but somehow...deep in my heart....something said.... keep watching....you are gonna shout off the roof of your house...after the second revelation ..... And I did....the moment...Modi uttered RENDEVOUS grou

 Am I excited or what? Two new franchises for next year's edition of IPL......wow....and the race is on...running hard are   Pune, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Kanpur, Dharamsala, Vizag, Rajkot, Cuttack, Baroda, Kochi, Indore and Gwalior.....While Ahmedabad and Pune seem to be front runners...with strong backing up....  Ahmedabad seems to be a sure winner....since it is being sought after by Adani group and strongly backed by NARENDRA MODI...making it a part of some Golden Gujarat campaign....and besides we did see how much of support an event like ICL got in Ahmedabad two years ago....now this is IPL......am looking forward to see Ahmedabad in action..in the next IPL.... Close behind are Videocon....eying Pune.....along with Abhishek Bachchan........... I really wished that Priyadarsan and Mohanlal along with the Muthoot group bought the Kochi franchise...but seems like they have deterred themselves from doing so...due to the new clauses set by the IPL governing council...which says :