Transformation of cricket from a sport, involving high intelligence, great skill and focused concentration, into a commercial circus, the players of which become multimillionaires overnight and organizers, billionaires many times over, couldn’t have occurred so rapidly without the induction of the League concept.
Whether or not Shirjeel Khan and Khalid Latif were involved in any shady activity or deal, even a person with very average common sense cannot fail to come to the conclusion that the ‘Master Gamblers’ have made a preemptive move to look clean.
I personally have no doubt that the key figures behind the Pakistan Super League are going to emerge worth twice more than they are now.
The results of the fixtures will be truly ‘orchestrated’ ‘on over to over’ basis, providing shocks and thrills to the spectators, and bringing smiles on the faces of the screenplay-writers.
Oh thee—the soul of Abdul Hafeez Kardar— if you can listen—–cricket is no longer being played for the glory of the flag, but for the quick transfer of money from account to account!