As the Incredible Premier League conducts the last dance for Playoffs places, there are some teams that know that they may just have reached their Cinderella time and will have to pack up and leave with not just the shoe missing, but also the reputation of some players and coaching staff torn too. The owners of the franchises run huge industries and have a corporate culture that does not brook mediocrity and indifference. It’s the latter part that they will have noticed in some of the players and coaching staff and those are the ones that may well face the axe. Nobody minds a failure if there is sincere effort, for in sport there will be wins and there will be losses. It’s the effort that counts and not just turning up and going through the motions.

Availability factor

The franchises will no doubt also look at the availability factor when the next auction comes along. There’s simply no point paying even one rupee for a player, however big a name he may be, if he is not going to be available for the entire tournament. It’s got to be the player’s choice to pick playing for an IPL franchise or his country. Full marks to him if he chooses country over IPL, but if he chooses IPL then he has to fulfill his commitments totally and not make some excuse and leave early, especially towards the time when qualifying for the Playoffs becomes crucial. For far too long the franchises have been too lenient and allowed players to leave towards the latter half of the tournament. This is mainly a problem with English players and like said earlier, it is totally understandable to choose playing for the country, but if you have signed up for the IPL then you got to fulfill your commitments to your franchise right till the end of the tournament. If the franchise fail to qualify for the Playoffs, you get to return a week early.