ICL v/s IPL: The story of Kapil Dev, Aamir Khan, Allen Stanford and Lalit Modi

When BCCI and IPL turned ICL and everyone who had anything to do with ICL into outcasts, no one said anything.

I can't recall the current players (A Tendulkar or Ganguly for example) saying anything about the way BCCI and IPL were flexing their muscles and affecting the careers of ICL players.

I don't remember the media coming out against BCCI and IPL for their dictatorial behaviour.

The ICC did not raise a murmur at their behaviour either.

I don't think that the commentators - M/S Ravi Shastri or Gavaskar or Arun Lal said a word against BCCI/IPL for the way they were behaving.

All these guys knew which side of the bread was buttered. All these guys knew who called the shots.

So much so that no one minded the fact that Kapil Dev, one of India's true heros if ever there was one, was reduced to a social pariah by an ambitious businessman.

This is when my wife wondered how Aamir Khan would behave if he had anything to do with Indian cricket. Would he have supported Kapil Dev or would he, like so many others, be lured by the greenbacks?

And the bigger question is this: If the Texan billionaire Allen Stanford ties up with Kapil Dev and ICL, and offers more dollars as prize money, will all the players, commentators and umpires and media who are now aligned with IPL, come running to join ICL? The answer unfortunately looks like a resounding YES.