A fitting finale to a great tournament Cricket has ever produced. I used to wonder why Kerry Packer's idea failed and Lalit Modi's succeeded . Then I realized it is just timing to start some thing when world will approve.
Some good comments about this year IPL 5 edition.
"160 million people watched the games on TV, two million tickets were sold worth $36 million, and that the IPL brand valuation would rise from last year's estimate of $3.67 billion."If the sense of fulfilment could be calculated, it would run into several billions of dollars," said N Srinivasan, president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which runs the event.
"International wariness about the IPL was apparent when England's Kevin Pietersen, who plays for Delhi Daredevils, said he was "sick and tired" of defending his participation, and suggested other countries were jealous.
"The packed stadiums this year should silence all doubting Thomases," said the BCCI's Srinivasan.