The Aye Pee El

Trust Mallya to do things in style. He's bringing over the Washington Redskins cheerleader squad to do duty for the Bangalore Royal Challengers in the IPL. I think SRK with the Knight Riders & VJM with his team will be top competitors for style points, if not for the on-field action.

Mumbai is owned by a pucca businessman, who seems to have no interest in the running of the team except as a means of pushing his brand. Preity's team appears lost in the woods, as does Hyderabad. Delhi is making noise with Akki as it's mascot. Good choice, that. Chennai has MSD, & will be top contenders just due to that fact. Jaipur, well does anyone remember that they exist even?

Action starts 18th April, but I'm still not clear on which team to support.

And what's behind this fascination with royalty when it comes to naming teams? Check this out, out of 8 teams, 5 have some sort of a connection to purple blood ..... Bangalore Royal Challengers, Kolkata Knight Riders, Jaipur Royals, King's XI Punjab & Chennai Super Kings! I thought the royals were asked to take a hike when the country became independent. Such a paucity of imagination.