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Mumbai:
The Greedy Old Man of India, IPL Commissioner Dalit Modi has fresh plans to make cartoon characters out of fit cricketers for more money. IPL-4 will see players wearing clothes bigger than their actual fitting size because the IPL wants to accommodate more sponsor logos on the clothes. “Its important that no corner of the whole costume is devoid of a sponsor logo, even if it is the armpit or the groin,” tweeted Modi.
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The original eight franchises have been instructed to increase the costume size by 150% across every dimension. The two new teams, Pune and Kochi will start with similar sizes of team jerseys, pyjamas and underwear.
“We had to compromise with at least 14 sponsors this season. With a lot of difficulty, we stuffed two sponsor logos in the armpit of the T-shirt and four on the hips of the pyjamas. Dalit Modi was extremely upset with this; he said this would cause a loss of approximately Rs 2000 cr to the IPL. So even though the players will feel uncomfortable wearing large clothes, we have to do it to respect all sponsors and provide them good enough space on our team attire,” said a Mumbai Indians franchise spokesperson.
Well-placed sources have confirmed that in order to save money, Modi has instructed Sachin Tendulkar to wear the 6 foot 5 Kieron Pollard’s jersey instead of getting himself a new one. “This small guy means a lot of expenses. Its better that he make do with Pollard’s clothes only,” an IPL press release quoted Modi as saying.
Cricket experts are least amused by this, though. “Aren’t our players already big enough puppets? By the time the tournament gets over, they are a bunch of morons with little physical and mental well-being left. Come 2011, we will get to see cartoon characters playing from the beginning itself,” said Sunil Gavaskar.
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