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The Action Behind the Auction: Behind the Scenes at the IPL

  The Action Behind the Auction: Behind the Scenes at the IPL

Three committees for business-class flights in the sky

Seven for the men who control each zone

Nine to ensure that the rebel league will die

One for the Dark Lord sitting on his throne.

In the Head-Quarters of the BCCI where the shadows lie

One Man to rule them all. One Man to find them,

One Man to bring them all, and in the Darkness bind them.

In the Head-Quarters of the BCCI where the shadows lie…

The governing council of the IPL – aptly named, for one man did the governing, the others formed the council – was in session. The second round of auctions for the IPL were about to start and Lalit Modi got up and cleared his throat:

“The IPL has been a dream of mine. It took a lot of hard work and vision to bring this dream to reality. I have been planning this for the past 13 years…”

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