Origins of IPL.....

Just in case you think the British invented cricket, and Lalit Modi invented the Indian Premier league(IPL), here is proof, that it may not be so....originally uncovered by the photographer on a trip to South Africa....


(photo by Vivek Patwardhan)
Roots of IPL,
watch those knee pads,
extra high stumps,
being handled
by
a brave batsman,
clutching
the original bat;

But whats amazing
is the cricket ball
huge on the ground.....
Boundaries
beyond the brown,
It's a six
beyond the blue;




And you look
for an umpire,
hands wide
or sometimes
just raised
to
the heavens,
and see
instead,
a cheerleader,
giving the fellow
a piece
of her cricketing mind.....