{"id":8095,"date":"2008-05-22T02:57:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-21T21:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/?p=2745"},"modified":"2008-05-22T02:57:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-21T21:27:00","slug":"accountability-and-the-ipl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/accountability-and-the-ipl\/","title":{"rendered":"Accountability and the IPL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the second edition of Over the Wicket, my fortnightly column for NDTV Convergence: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/convergence\/ndtvcricket\/ipl\/news_story.aspx?ID=COLEN20080050560&amp;keyword=opinion\" title=\"Yes, the IPL really is about accountability -- Amit Varma\">Yes, the IPL really is about accountability<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related pieces<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/convergence\/ndtvcricket\/ipl\/news_story.aspx?ID=COLEN20080049244&amp;keyword=opinion\" title=\"The IPL reveals India's bench strength -- Amit Varma\">The IPL reveals India&#8217;s bench strength<\/a> (May 8, 2008)<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/celebrating-twenty20-cricket\/\" title=\"Celebrating Twenty20 Cricket&#8212;Amit Varma\">Celebrating Twenty20 Cricket<\/a> (April 20, 2008)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/content-ind.cricinfo.com\/magazine\/content\/current\/story\/342143.html\" title=\"Opportunity, choice and the IPL&#8212;Amit Varma\">Opportunity, choice and the IPL<\/a> (March 13, 2008)<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/theres-nothing-wrong-in-being-commercial\/\" title=\"There's Nothing Wrong In Being 'Commercial'&#8212;Amit Varma\">There&#8217;s Nothing Wrong In Being &#8216;Commercial&#8217;<\/a> (Feb 24, 2008) <br \/>\n<a href=\"\/the-twenty20-age-begins\/\" title=\"The Twenty20 Age Begins&#8212;Amit Varma\">The Twenty20 Age Begins<\/a> (Aug 8, 2007)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the second edition of Over the Wicket, my fortnightly column for NDTV Convergence: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/convergence\/ndtvcricket\/ipl\/news_story.aspx?ID=COLEN20080050560&amp;keyword=opinion\" title=\"Yes, the IPL really is about accountability -- Amit Varma\">Yes, the IPL really is about accountability<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related pieces<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/convergence\/ndtvcricket\/ipl\/news_story.aspx?ID=COLEN20080049244&amp;keyword=opinion\" title=\"The IPL reveals India's bench strength -- Amit Varma\">The IPL reveals India&#8217;s bench strength<\/a> (May 8, 2008)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.com\/iublog\/article\/celebrating-twenty20-cricket\/\" title=\"Celebrating Twenty20 Cricket&#8212;Amit Varma\">Celebrating Twenty20 Cricket<\/a> (April 20, 2008)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/content-ind.cricinfo.com\/magazine\/content\/current\/story\/342143.html\" title=\"Opportunity, choice and the IPL&#8212;Amit Varma\">Opportunity, choice and the IPL<\/a> (March 13, 2008)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.com\/iublog\/article\/theres-nothing-wrong-in-being-commercial\/\" title=\"There's Nothing Wrong In Being 'Commercial'&#8212;Amit Varma\">There&#8217;s Nothing Wrong In Being &#8216;Commercial&#8217;<\/a> (Feb 24, 2008) <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.com\/iublog\/article\/the-twenty20-age-begins\/\" title=\"The Twenty20 Age Begins&#8212;Amit Varma\">The Twenty20 Age Begins<\/a> (Aug 8, 2007)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,2,10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Accountability and the IPL - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/accountability-and-the-ipl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Accountability and the IPL - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here&#8217;s the second edition of Over the Wicket, my fortnightly column for NDTV Convergence: Yes, the IPL really is about accountability. 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