Money drives

Much have been told about India's debacle in the ICC World Twenty20. Be it media, former players, Indian cricket board or the team management, all have their own set of stories regarding the blame game.
Barely three days later, India will fly to West Indies to play four One-day Internationals. But all seem to have forgotten if Dhoni's men will be able to regain the glory in the Caribbean.
While coach Gary Kirsten blames IPL for the players' fatigue and niggles, captain Dhoni says it's not fatigue but 'lack of playing as a unit for long' is responsible for the Twenty20 debacle. Dhoni admits India failed to perform as a unit and were "not up to international standards" in England and confessed the fall in India's standard in the game.
Fatigue, injury or lack of playing as a unit, the tiring six-week Indian Premier League schedule before the World Cup is to blame only. And, the Indian cricket board is supposed to protect the national team from any activity that spoils India's chances. But the huge money involved with the IPL2 silenced everybody.
While Mr Pawar and his men were busy with the general elections to protect their political fiefdom, Modi & Co went ahead with organising the IPL in South Africa. And the only gain of the BCCI was it got richer by close to US $ 1.75 billion, solely from the sale of TV rights.
Dhoni, after the defeat to South Africa, made clear even the 10 days in the Caribbean might also be hard to stay in the present and not think about what you would be doing afterwards. However, the long break after the series till the Champions Trophy in South Africa in September will come good for the side.
Let's hope for the same and pray "good sense prevails in the wise men of the BCCI" who seem to have one point agenda of making money, come what may. Or else, I won't be surprised to see the Board forcing the players to go for ad shoots and or, generate revenue in some other way than using the break to regain form.