Pakistan in a league of its own - PSL

IPL season 1 was the only season I followed when Rajasthan Royals picked the trophy despite being an under-dog, mainly because of Warne's leadership qualities. He built a team around an idea and not around money, which was, and still is the case with most, if not all of the franchises.

The idea was that 11 low-priced players who complement each other's skills and share a common vision / philosophy of work ethic, although not as talented, will provide a better return on investment than the 11 expensive players who, though the best and the most talented individually, do not share a common vision. After all, the best in business own and operate a ferocious ego, which perhaps, only a daughter's kiss can diminish.

I lost interest in IPL when they banned Pakistani players and never watched a single game thereafter.

And now its that time of the year when we follow ‪#‎PSL‬ and talk about #PSL, and make the hashtag #PSL trend.

My point - 5 teams play 20 matches on league basis and out of which 4 teams would qualify for playoffs which, basically, defeats the purpose of having a long league matches stage with such a small set of teams. I wish they had gone for a best of three finals instead of playoffs. Would have made the format more interesting and different. After all, it needs to carve its own identity as distinct from IPL if its to succeed.

I have to say that Najam Sethi deserves praise for pulling off #PSL [qualifying my statement for the general conflict of interest consistently employed in all that he occupies himself in, which I find utterly offensive].

I hope the cricketing standard is good enough to make the "Dark Lord" sit up and take notice as it did when Frodo wore the One Ring forged in Mount Doom.

Let the best team win and let it be ‪#‎KarachiKings‬..