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Clue posted here on Bored, on May 15, 2009
Clue:
FIP is
In advertising
A Bengali in Bangalore
Initials are AM
Fact: FIP is Anupam Mukherji (AM) is a bong, in advertising, in Bangalore.
On Bored, April 29, 2009.
Clue:
Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders at Durban - Apr 29
Dear Fake,
How does it feel to have your teams play each other?
Fact: FIP’s a Bong who lives in Bangalore
On Bored, April 27, 2009.
Clue:
Dear Fake,
I've been in advertising too.
yours truly,
Bored
Fact: We're both from advertising
All clues on FIP's identity.
AM, care to reveal more of yoursef? Do come and blog on Bored.
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We revealed FIP's identity before FIP revealed it himself.
Lalit Modi - Love him, hate him…
He didn’t allow a free regime in sports.
Any sport or game shouldn’t be the franchise of only the rich, famous and powerful. If you look at Golf (in India), which is supposedly a sport only the rich and famous indulge into there are many among the top 10-20 golfers in the country who started off as caddies. Don’t think these are the Steve William’s of India. These are kids from poor families who worked in a club fetching the bag and balls of the rich and famous. I am not sure if the golfing establishment in India did anything to throttle these caddie turned players, leave alone small bickering here and there. I am talking about organized throttle here.
That is precisely why I don’t like Lalit Modi, the way he throttled ICL. And in effect took away a valuable couple of years from some promising Indian talent, the way he did it was despicable. I am sure we remember the extent his regime stooped to those days. Denying use of facility for those who signed up to the ICL, cancelling the pension of the ex-cricketers who were part of ICL were some gems we would remember. If only the PCR (Prevention of Civil Rights) Act of 1955 could be used against the IPL, there might me more cases than all those pending cases in the Indian courts.
But as they say “Every dog has its day”. Modi had his day and also saw its end. And when it did end, it ended as a shock to him of course and to the cricketing world as a whole. While one could say he has been paid back by the same coin, it might be a little harsh to say that.
Whatever he is, this is the man who made the Indian cricketing establishment sit up, be respected and feared by the other boards and the ICC. The man whose marketing techniques ensured the world had to buy the arguments of Shashank Manohar’s father Mr. Manohar and let “The Obnoxious Weed” off (make no mistake, I am not justifying what the Aussies did). It is the Indian money that the other cricket boards envy and fear about.
And Modi got them the money and with it came the new muscle.
Although Modi hijacked the idea from ICL, he still applied his mind like every boss in the world does to give that idea a bit of tweak and make it his.
There wasn’t a concept of franchise in ICL, Modi got all his rich, famous & powerful friends to come in and buy a team. There were people who said he is copying the western model of club sports, that he was trying to replicate the Super Bowl. There were also a few who went a bit farther and said IPL would the Super bowel (aka Shit) of cricket. That it would fail, collapse etc. We have seen 3 editions till date, and one last year where Modi took on the Indian government and moved the IPL to South Africa. Still, it was successful.
IPL gave life, money and fame to almost everyone who talked, wrote or involved in it. Including those who wrote books about the IPL model, talked about the economics of the league and even to a guy who masqueraded as a Fake IPL Player during the last season. This guy is now promoting his book across platforms, thanks to IPL & more importantly to its creator, Lalit Modi.
A couple of years ago we only saw shirts & trousers (of players) that had a logo. Modi rewrote the rules, now we see many logos that make up the shirt & trouser. Advertisers thought T20 was too quick a game that doesn’t offer enough advertising time. Modi made sure there were enough advertisements (meaning many happy advertisers who feasted on the eyeballs that IPL created) by creating the concept of a “Timeout” in cricket. He even branded the hits, catches, misses and almost everything imaginable in the game and even more like the annoying blimp, commercials on the big screen in the ground between balls.
Now that the business model is established and is getting the returns BCCI wanted, they don’t want Modi. This is typical of the BCCI and the brand of politics we have seen there. Dalmiya, Rungta, Lele, Dungarpur are examples of those who fell prey to the same brand of politics they espoused.
In all these there are some interesting questions that might well have some very interesting answers. Will we have those interesting answers out in the public domain is a million dollar question. Sp here are the questions…
You had a IPL governing council with some full and part time politicians as members. Would you want to exonerate those governing council members and bring in charges only on Modi?
Shouldn’t a Rajeev Shukla or a Sunil Gavaskar or Ravi Shastri be equally held responsible for what has happened?
Is Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi’s “we should have… We didn’t ” interviews in media be considered an excuse to let the governing council off while Modi is vilified?
How justified is Shashank Manohar trying to put the blame squarely on the professionals who were part of the IPL set up for all that has happened ?
To top it all, this is probably the second time Sharad Pawar has been unusually quiet since the food grain shortage issue was discussed in the Indian parliament.
All this said… I think Modi is going to make a comeback soon as the IPL commissioner. What do you think?
It happens only in Indian cricket!!
Bad Headlines And The Power Of Gossip
If you're a cricket fan on the inter tubes then there probably is only one website that caters to all your needs, BCC! of course. But there are a number of other cricket related websites, even here in India, that aren't all bad. But they just haven't got that something extra to catapult them into the upper echelons of intertube-cricket. Then along comes a rubbish gossip blog which has just about as much to do with cricket as Ricky Ponting's use of spinners has to do with the Spirit of Cricket, that ends up putting them all to shame.
There are very few people who write professionally today without an agenda. Take for example, how differently the same issue was reported by two different new sources as pointed out in this article here on Bored. With that in mind, I popped over to cricketnext* and noticed they too covered that story. But honestly tell me what the first thing that comes to your mind is when you see a headline like this:
BCCI Mum on Kohli-photographers SpatThis is a family blog, but its hard not to have the image of some rancorous Board official's mother atop some Kohli-photographers, whatever they are, spitting to glory. They're learning you see. It is our mission to find these headlines where ever they may be, post them here and admire them, so that we don't end up with poor unsexy titles like "Bad Headlines And The Power Of Gossip"
Footnote: I think cricketnext was acquired by in.com, but I don't know how that has influenced the page's ranking.
KhufiaBaaz (with inputs from FIP) : KKR are now Khufia Knight Riders!
Look how they have borrowed my name…but such are their Khufia ways, what else can you call them? All of IPL 2, they worked on more gossip and less cricket. You know, without KKR there would have been no Fake IPL Player. KKR is the reason why Indian cricket has become bakwaas, Filmfare type magazine. All KKR does is sell newspapers, and their t-shirts. They are a blot on the cricket landscape, and we love them for that. They are the kind of team that will wash their dirt chaddis in public! Wah KKR, DOUBLE WAH WAH!!
Last year you all know what happened with son of soil, Saurav, how they humiliated him, just to get eyeballs or get him by the balls, I ask you? And to suck up to the goras, all that has been documented well. But now see, IPL season is more than 7 months away and they have started their regular bullshit again. Saurav captain and all that! I ask you, if Saurav is not captain, who will be –Fake IPL Player? And why will Ricky Ponting come to play – nobody wants him anyway, that’s why the IPL humiliated him in the first place, to pay peanuts for him. In a way, IPL cut Ponting to size, he will never play IPL, and nobody gives a damn.
The truth is, that’s what screwed his form, boss. Ponting never came to terms with his lack of worth, and Indian cricket in one single swoop KHALAAS kiya! Ha! What about McCullum, he wants to stay back too – areh, how can he show his face after how he fcked up last time, at best he can be some Christchurch ka captain or whatever! Aur Vettori, please don’t come too, because Delhi will not play you chashmoo. If you are played, then you are just smashed around for 6s by Yusuf. Anyway, Amit Mishra is miles ahead of you in IPL.
The Real IPL Player's IPL Diary with pictures from guess where?
Not from a vivid imagination like some fake, but from South Africa. Som, the Real IPL Player was there. Some Bored Members even asked me, is he really in SAF?
Anyway, Real's captured animals, photographs and even a video. You can see his animal farm here.
Or rewind to 1984, his take on the IPL here at Bored.
Fake IPL Player Clue #7
Re: RIP FIP Video
Dear Fake,
Sounds like you but doesn't look like you
yours truly,
bored
ps: all clues ;)
Fake IPL Player Clue #6
Re: RIP FIP Video
dear fake,
This should prove to be a good career launcher
yours truly,
bored
PS: All clues ;)
bcciwrites@gmail.com
Start of a Big Day
A big day in South Africa today.
The defending champions' run in the IPL could be all over.
Another big game between the two Kings - one Super and the other not. Semi Final spot on the line for Priety's Kings.
The Fake IPL Player getting ready to reveal his identity. Boy would his heart be pumping today. He's going to become a celebrity.
Hope no one shoots him.
Its a huge day and I'm up early to follow it!
B the moment of the day
What did I say on twitter this afternoon ??
That shall "B the moment of the day" or rather days to come till KKR & the FIP comeback next season.
Bye Bye Buchanan & co (hopefully some sense prevails next season, Mr. SRK) !!
PS: Take one good look at all those brilliant ideas from the "Fountain of Ideas" himself
The Real IPL Player is coming!
And he’s going to take names, drop names, spell names, real names, his names, her names, not no-names. That’s not to say he doesn’t have an imagination. He’s just not a fake!
Appum Chu**** rocks the polls
The 'who is your favourite Fake IPL Player character' poll results are out, what else did you expect - over 50% are hung up on Appum Chutiya, whoever that is. Btw Punjab lost a game today, no surprises really, what was that selection. Just a shade under 20% is my personal fave, Lordie, got class that name, and not trying too hard to appeal like Appum, but then that's Appum for you! Vinnie Dildo, well he hung around at 15%, but then vanished when the team kept losing.for the whole lotta them nuts, %s and stuff, you can go here
Baz McCullum and the Buddhiman Baba
No, this is not a Harry Potter spin-off. This is about the Kolkata Knight Riders and how they made a bigger asshole a**h**e of themselves by playing well today.
Brendon Baz McCullum had underperformed till now. He is a kiwi cricketer, he knows all about losing. He knows how it feels when the sport you play loses out to rugby. He knows how it feels when you end up as the 9th best side in the world, no matter what the rankings say.
He was the perfect choice for skipper because Buchanan knew that if you are destined to lose, better do it with a captain who can take it in his stride. I bet another book is on the cards for the pacman-loving coach. (of course, what else do you think is on his laptop)
Sachin Tendulkar has gone on record saying that he would not play under John Buchanan even if he is offered 100 billion dollars.
The above is not true. I used my journalistic liberties, but you get the point of course.
When it mattered, everyone failed. When it doesn’t matter, look at them. They are playing for PRIDE. If there was any pride in them, they would have taken their practice sessions seriously.
All this team does is hides behind controversies, fake blogs, bad coaching, and even racism. It seems Akash Chopra was called an Indian by Andy Bichel and he cried all the way back to India and told his friend Ajay comedy-judge Jadeja. SRK of course is not impressed.
Still, a hilarious word of praise for Wriddhiman Saha. Here is why. During the last over, when Kallis bowled a no ball and McCullum pushed it to extra cover, the latter refused a run, and preferred to take strike for the free hit. This did not go down well with the racially challenged bangali hello spirit hello of the Buddhiman Baba. So, when Baba himself finally got the strike for the last ball, he did what the skip could not even dream that he could do.
Concentrating all his angst on the ball, he sent it soaring above the long on boundary. Way to go, INDIAN!!! What was gestured to the skipper after the ball by the INDIAN is still not known, but I am sure the fake IPL Player would be working on it.
Thunder in the tropics
In 2008's Tropic Thunder, Robert Downey Junior's Kirk Lazarus is a method actor who underwent a pigmentation process to get in "character" for a Vietnam movie in which he plays a black seargent.
He says the memorable line: "I know what dude I am. I'm the dude playin' the dude, disguised as another dude!"
Wondering if Fake feels the same way.
Fake IPL Player Clue # 4
AM or FIP
Dear Fake,
Should we help with the polls?
yours truly,
Bored
PS: All Clues ;)
Fake IPL Player Clue # 3
All blogging and no play makes FIP a dull boy.
Dear Fake,
How did it feel to watch both your teams lose today?
yours truly,
Bored
How Seriously Do(es) Players(Shane Keith Warne) Take The IPL?
We all remember Dale Steyn's comments about the IPL being a paid vacation. One look at the way Sehwag's been batting this season and it would seem the Indian cricketers wanted a vacation away from home this time round. But what about the men who have made a big impact in the IPL. The men who have sat down and planned, and planned, and picked young kids and groomed them, control freaks and all, always keeping everyone on their toes on the field?
Shane Warne is one of these men. Perhaps the only one. With one IPL championship under his belt, he can probably afford to relax a little. But thats not what you see when you watch him on the field. As mentioned by Straight Points, maybe he's just a bit too animated. He expects the best from them, non stop. No slip ups.
So I wonder what they were thinking when the camera's caught him accepting a beer from the crowd during the match. Bangalore had numbers 7 and 9 at the crease, but what example does it set the rest of the squad when the captain who's been pushing them so hard, acts so irresponsibly? What would Smith have been thinking? Munaf? Modi? I wonder what everyone was thinking when Number 10 then hit Warne for a six two balls later.
Its when Warne does just plain stupid things like this, that we begin to question whether Cricket Australia were in fact right by giving a reformed alcoholic the position ahead of a chain smoker who couldn't stay away despite knowing full well he was under additional scrutiny because he had signed up for a public stunt.
Unrelated, maybe, but I think Amit Singh's action is going to be reviewed very carefully in the near future. Thrown in Kamran Khan and Shaun Tait, and you've got wonder if the person making the fast bowling selections wants as much attention as Shilpa spinning that nauseating fake laugh. Speaking of fake, did I hear Danny Morisson refer to Warne as "The Sheikh of Tweak"? Isn't that a moniker that the Fake IPL Player invented? Great, now he's infiltrated the commentary box as well... or was he always there to begin with?
I'm with Rameez Raja, this is my bored moment of the match btw, "I'm sick of you Danny!"
Fake IPL Player Clue #2
Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders at Durban - Apr 29
Dear Fake,
How does it feel to have your teams play each other?
yours truly,
Bored
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