Devil's Advocate :: 4/4 :: Lalit Modi :: IPL has not hurt cricket but revived it

Set up a review panel that should look into all aspects of the fallout from IPL. Reduce the number of Ranji teams and make the participation in domestic cricket mandatory. IPL is based on American sports and there they don't give a damn about national team colours. All they care is about the club they play for and that is what is going to happen with Indian domestic players. Everyone has a right to behave like a celebrity and if he can carry it off then good for him. Disagree with Karan.

In Australia cricketers are build with a high quality domestic cricket, thats the fundamental. The higher the quality of domestic cricket, higher will be the standards of the cricketers. If Mr Shetty is claiming that players are taking eye of the domestic cricket then this is a very dangerous sign. Cricketers are built in domestic cricket and Lalit ought to know this better. IPL is only a drive through for quick big bucks, who is Lalit trying to fool. Remember this guy is a businessman.

The claim that by increasing participation he is going to build players for future is absolute bogus, IPL has only brought glamour and more money to the game. This form of shortened version can never never improve the standards of the cricketer in fact just the opposite. How can he dismiss that. The need for the administrators is to fine tune this IPL to suit Indian domestic cricket. He should order a comprehensive review of the effects of IPL on domestic cricket.

Lalit Modi you just dismissed all criticism without any good reasoning, analysis and insight. To me it seems its all about money what with him the highest tax payer in India. I am happy that a lot of domestic Indian cricketeres will get better paid but there is no doubt the quality of cricket is going to suffer. If Lalit just dismisses that criticism then he does not understand the game and he is only in it as a businessman. In this programme Lalit was a poor salesman of IPL, money talks!