Has PIB changed its policy of accreditation for web journalists? Online journalists working with entities like Rediff, TOI Online etc have long struggled to get accreditation done for covering Parliament, PMO etc but failed. As a result, rediff guys used India Abroad, while TOI Online had to share TOI’s quota to get their job done. With a politician and minister at the helm, some things would obviously be the same at BCCI too, aint it? So what if they are hiring a US firm to build their website.

very interesting .... if the matches are good then ....they would be made available easily on youtube ........

good luck fighting IPL GUYS

ahh...this can get interesting...this will only prove to worsen things on interenet...more sites would try to get the needed content illegally....lets hope for the best!

The BCCI and most celebrities forget that these things become a big deal because the same media makes them as such.

The IPL has been the only thing on newspapers (business and others), television and magazines. Breathless reporting and coverage, every move and team analysed and for what? 6 teams representing 6 cities playng each other and each of the teams much like politicians with no connection to the constituency it represents.

Im sure it will make for great cricket but I am happy that this is happening, I hope the BCCI wins and blacks out all media. It will teach the press about not going overboard and creating monsters they dont know how to deal with.

The BCCI will learn a few lessons along the way as well when the boycotts hit them and the first season of the IPL goes down in flames.

But then, when Mukesh, Shah Rukh, Preity and others are around a compromise deal cant be too far away. So fundamentally - there will be no lessons learnt...just another few inches of slide downhill.

CRICKET COMMERCIALED THROUGH I P Ls
While BCCI/IPL ‘s recent plan of having 8 cricket leagues-zone wise and making each a composition of Indian and international cricket players have been a very innovative concept, which has created thrill in the cricket world, aroused interest of big industrialists, bollywood stars and would certainly promote cricket as one World Cricket and would give much larger canvas to Indian players to international experience sharing and multi-national cricket community play, it has its prima facie side effects also. Players have been auctioned like cattle auction in the cattle fairs( sorry for the comparison), commercial owners of leagues, players and game have been created, cricket has been turned from pure game to a commercial play and owners are expecting outcome and performance like any other business proposition and India has been divided into 8 mini India.This was very much evident at the time of recent bitter incidence of Bhaji with Srisanth and the public outburst, anguish, and disappointment by Mr.  Vijay Mallya, the owner of Royal Challengers, Bangalore on the continuous down slide in its performance. Plans ,if any, to improve the cricket infrastructure, training, game practicing facilities and encouraging the youngsters, which is the need of the Hour, are yet to make any visibility and impact. .  It is not sure as to how bitterness and heart burnings, if any, amongst Indian players in different Leagues would not be coming in the way of performance of the Indian Team while playing series with international teams and how far they will successfully perform as one Team representing INDIA.  Another apprehension is that Indian players while playing international cricket may expect also much higher remuneration for their play. Owners of the Leagues may have to appreciate that so long the Game is enjoyed, winning /losing is its essential part and cannot be avoided.  We better not create a Commercial Hype of Cricket, let the Sanctity be maintained and Cricket played as Game and other considerations being secondary.