Cometh the hour, Cummins the man
1719 Rohit Mahajan Until Pat Cummins showed the way, it was difficult to figure out the rights and wrongs of organising the IPL in the times of Covid, in cities whose citizens were dying for want of oxygen and whose playing fields were turned into cremation grounds for want of room at crematoriums. Making money for those who already are super-rich is the IPL’s raison d’etre; it, too, serves as a plaything of the rich and the famous. The money, directly or indirectly, comes from fans of cricket, who buy stuff that the players peddle. This is business, and it’s OK — but it was beginning...