It will be curtains to IPL tamasha on field tonight. But the off field tamasha which took the spotlight away from the game will begin from tomorrow or may be soon after the finals end, according to news channels.

I am not a keen follower of the game but ever since Lalit Modi took to 140 words to tell the world what was wrong with Kochi, I was left with little choice. All the channels worth their airtime ad rates are reporting the IPL like nothing else matters in this country. Even the Parliament too has dropped everything else and are wasting precious public money.

I have heard really absurd queries in the past few days like why do we have ads between the balls when English Premier League (EPL) has completely dedicated match telecast. Well please study the format of the game.

The same set of people will go to any length to justify why do we have politicians everywhere? Is Sharad Pawar the only man left in the country to head the BCCI?

We, ok our dear politicians travel around the world to study the best practices adopted by various countries for toilets and transport. I am sure in the process they also manage to find out how and where to park their “hard earned” money. But has there been any study (undertaken by the sportsmen) to study how sports bodies function in other countries? Are they also controlled by politicians? What about EPL?

I am sure we have enough qualified professionals who can run IPL. This brings me back to the 140 character man. For the past three years he has delivered without fail exciting, world-class cricket to whoever likes that kind of tamasha. Now everybody is after him.

Like I said I am no big T20 cricket fan but this man has done a good job. May be he went a little overboard but he knows how to get the job done. And he could not have done it without the support of the bigwigs. Is it the bigwigs are not happy that IPL has now become synonymous with Modi? Is it that he did not share the goodies with them? Is this why they are giving cold shoulder to him?

May be, just may be his threat to reveal all after the IPL finals has worked with news of a compromise formula being worked out. S**, I was really looking forward to Monday morning and was also planning to start my day rather early and stay TWEETED to follow the 140 character man.  Will he spill the beans? Oh, Modi please do it. These guys will throw you out any case. Take them with you.

But is IPL really that big? Cricket sells in India and those who can are making big money out of it.

The tournament started on a wrong note with the controversy surrounding the Pakistan players and is ending on a more negative note.

When anything ends the next day is like a day off. May be for players but for Modi and all the media the game has just begun.