This week showed some clear signs that IPL is serious business for franchise. Franchises owners have not simply joined the IPL bandwagon because Cricket is the most popular sport in India or it is a good opportunity for marketing their products but they have come in this as they see it as a strong business opportunity for making profits and from day 1 itself. Royal Challengers Bangalore fired their CEO, Charu Sharma, as RCB team has failed to deliver good results so far. The move seems to be hasty as we are only halfway through the first year of its existence but it seems to be more intended towards sending out a message to everyone involved with the team that results matter a lot. The huge investment made into the franchise is not for any charity and if franchise has to make money, the team needs to show more fight on field and better results to make sure viewership of its matches does not drop. No body in any team can take his place for granted and performance will dictate a cricketer’s future standing in the league.
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Cricket has become truly professional!!!!!
Though I think that decision by RCB will probably put pressure on the players too, which might be good or bad.
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By: sumit26 on May 11, 2008
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I agree that this would impact players and probably that was Mallya’s intent. Players cannot be traded at this moment and even if Mallya decides to move out Rahul Dravid (or other senior players), he will be hard pressed to get replacements immediately. The best way to give a strong message was to target non-cricketing staff and see if that can make any difference. Also, check out this article on Cricinfo:
http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ipl/content/current/story/350735.html
By: everythingcricket on May 12, 2008
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