Last few weeks have been tough for IPL. First the brutal attack on the Sri Lankan cricketers then the location change which created stir in the nation amongst the cricket fans & now the latest bubble is that Kolkata Knight Riders will have more than one captain! What a journey it has been for the IPL over the last few weeks. It has been one rutted boulevard.
March 2: The election commission announced the dates for the 16th Lok Sabha elections.
March 3: Sri Lankan cricketers attacked in Lahore.
March 4: Home Minister P Chidambaram drops the bombshell, tells CNN-IBN that providing paramilitary forces for IPL matches during general elections will be difficult.
March 5: Government-IPL decides to review dates to save the event. IPL bosses get into action to salvage the billion dollar event.
March 6: Lalit Modi says IPL to roll on schedule, Mumbai not Jaipur to host inaugural match.
March 7: IPL submits fresh schedule to Home Ministry.
March 9: Ministry of Home Affairs asks states to respond and the ministry puts the ball into the State Governments' court.
March 10: Lalit Modi addresses a press conference in Mumbai claiming IPL will take care of its own security
March 12: Deadlock continues as states demand central forces for IPL.
March 13: Ministry of Home Affairs asks for a further revised schedule.
March 14: IPL starts to work on yet another schedule
March 15: Government asks IPL to consult states on revised dates.
March 16: Home Ministry officials and BCCI meet in North block but fail to find a solution
March 17: A third revised schedule sees Delhi and Jaipur omitted from the list of venues as IPL.
March 18: New schedule is then send to Home Ministry with Mumbai as a main centre hosting as many as 14 matches.
March 20: A huge blow for the IPL as reports of Mumbai backtracking from their earlier approval comes through.
March 21: The final nail in the coffin with the Maharashtra Government refusing on grounds of security in a written letter to the IPL.
March 22: IPL shifted out of India.
March 24: Lalit Modi pulls the rabbit out of the hat, takes IPL to South Africa.
March 25: Kolkata Knight Riders decide to have Multiple Captains.
The Journey of Controversies continues….
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Ganguly upset with Buchanan, Says he was never consulted over the KNR multiple captaincy decision
This year the Indian Premier League has more controversies than the matches itself. Here’s another one in its kitty. Kolkata Knight Riders has decided not to have a fixed captain for the IPL this season. Ganguly however chews his own word with a grim-looking plastic smile & quotes, “I am not upset.’ And superficially laughs off the rumors. A grim-looking Ganguly, sitting beside Buchanan at the press conference, refused to elaborate on the decision and simply said the concept was new and needed to be evaluated as it goes on. Ganguly said the plan was Buchanan's. "He is the coach of the team and he has got the right to make decisions. We'll see as it goes along. At the end of the day we all have to deliver."
Buchanan said the prospect of Ganguly not being a mechanical choice in the XI was not an issue at the moment. "All we are doing right at this stage is that we have no concept of the schedule, what it looks like and where we are playing - all those sorts of things. Whether Sourav is in the side in three weeks or four weeks time at this stage is irrelevant." Obviously Ganguly fans are extremely upset over this decision & are venting their anger over it. Any publicity is good publicity & IPL is getting just that.
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