Why in the world should I resign?

Dear Cricket fans,
     
     It gives me immense pleasure in informing you all that I kept my promise of not resigning from the world's richest Cricket Board- Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). I also know that by the time you have read the first sentence you all would have crushed this letter under your feet. However, that doesn't concerns me from expressing my happiness. 
     The very first thing that I would like to clarify is that the Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested my son in law and not me. But as societal values spread its branches all political top brass including cricket fans and my predecessors have asked me to resign on moral grounds. Well if that is the case, then why doesn't Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh places his papers? After all he was in charge of the coal ministry when the Rs. 1.86 lakh crore scam took place. 
     You people don't even know what is the benefit of handling the operations of the richest cricket board. I didn't change the norms of BCCI purposely. I did it so that I can have a side income. Now can anyone tell me what's wrong in having a side income. In India almost every second person has a side income and I'm a citizen of this great country. Moreover, I didn't own Chennai Super Kings (CSK) illegally, I made a constitutional amendment in BCCI laws. 
     If you guys think that I have a conflict of interest between CSK and BCCI then you all have misunderstood me. I never thought the way you guys did because I always kept the interest of the board first which is why I never spoke anything about the controversy surrounding my son in law. I completely gave him the responsibility of managing the team affairs of CSK. Moreover, I even laid a condition- that I would continue to represent India at the International Cricket Council (ICC) meetings if I were to step down. Yet you people never understood my love for BCCI. 

                                                                      Your's Sincerely,
                                                                         N Srinivasan
                                                                     (BCCI President)                                                      

                                                                                                       

Indian Premiere League or Indian Paid League?

     What was introduced with much fanfare in 2008 as a professional cricket tournament to boost friendship among nations, to improve the face of cricket not forgetting Indian cricket, to find new talents and to entertain cricket fans all across the world is now surrounded by a never ending controversy. By the way this shouldn't be a controversy if I rename the tournament as Indian Paid League.
     The latest controversy that's surrounding the IPL tournament is huge as it has hurted the sentiments of the people supporting cricket from the bottom of their heart. Not much has to be said about the character of the players who were involved in spot fixing the matches. What came as a big jolt to the nation was the involvement of S Sreesanth in this spot fixing. A player of such a stature who has played many international matches in all three formats for the country is now merely a subject of criticism for his fans. The other two players Ankit Chavan and Ajit Chandila have ended their career even before it started. With criticisms coming from all sections of the society these newcomers will never be respected for they have gambled in a gentleman's game.
     This is not the first time that IPL is in controversy. Right from the IPL scam in 2010 when then IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi and then Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor were sacked, to a match fixing by five Indian cricketers last year this tournament has always been in the headlines. Yet, as an old Indian saying asserts, "Raat Gayi Baat Gayi", means forget about the things which happened the previous night, our players seem to have acted in the very same way. It is very clear that all the three accused have taken no lessons from their predecessors- Mohd. Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Ajay Sharma, Salman Butt and Hansie Cronjie to name a few. 

     The objectives of this glamorous tournament has just been the opposite of what it was proposed to be. Since the tournament has many foreign players playing in it; some even captaining the teams, one of the objectives of the tournament was to promote friendship among the cricketing nations. However, this task has proven to be very costly for the BCCI. This novel effort of the board is challenged by the childish behavior of Indian cricketers on the field. For instance in 2008 Bhajji slapped our "Michael Jackson"; 
S Sreesanth currently trapped in this latest controversy. Similarly the latest edition has also shown signs of rift between cricketer Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir as both of them entered into an argument over Kohli's dismissal. The story doesn't stops here as the aggressive Virat Kohli even started abusing the audience when the latter bullied the cricketer. 
     Lastly, the most important aspect of this tournament is entertainment. By the way entertainment is the only consistent characteristic that Indian Premiere League has been up to. Right from cheer leaders, to the controversy between Bhajji and Sreesanth, to the IPL scam and the latest spot fixing case that has rocked the nation this tournament hasn't let down the aspirations of people's search for entertainment. 
     Well, there's no doubt that the sixth edition of this tournament will be remembered for its spot fixing case rather than Gayle's sixer and Gilly's Gangnam style.