Satire: The Fake IPL News

Disclaimer: As the title suggests, this is a work of fiction and is meant to be in jest.

Hello folks. Welcome to Fake IPL News brought to you by Kingfisher Airlines. Here are the top stories this hour.

Watching youngsters like Rahul Dravid, Brad Hodge, Muttiah Muralitharan and Azhar Mahmood succeed in the IPL, Sunil Gavaskar has decided to come out of retirement. He will be available for the IPL 7 auctions on one condition. “The team that wants to bid for me should ground the bat on the table rather than raising it and holding it up. Only then I will agree to play for their team”, Sunny G said.

Karishma Kotak will soon host the ‘cricket’ version of Kaun Banega Crorepati (a spinoff of ‘Who wants to be a millionaire?’). The selection committee headed by Navjot Sidhu said Karishma was the first choice host. “She knows cricket that nobody else knows. She is always excited and she’s easy on the eye. We didn’t look beyond her,”said Sidhu, who was Karishma’s house mate in the Big Boss house.

Kamal R Khan has agreed to perform in the IPL closing ceremony this year for just 2 rupees. He’s expected to give a rap song performance, featuring Sunny Leone. KRK accidentally typed out the lyrics of the song on Twitter while trying to memorize it. “Kabhi yeah UP yeah Bihar yeah Aake yeah Dekhna yeah Mehman ko yeah Bhagwan yeah Samajthe yeah Hai yeah. Everybody say Hai yeah Hai yeah.”

Harbhajan Singh and Ricky Ponting to star in a Bollywood movie ‘Yeh Dosti Hum Nahi Chodenge’. Nita Ambani will direct the movie while Farah Khan will do the Jumping Jhapaks. The announcement came after Harbhajan hugged Punter very tight when the latter took a spectacular catch against the Delhi Daredevils off Bhajji’s bowling. Andrew Symonds to play the role of a villain.

The BCCI has granted Sir Ravindra Jadeja permission to own an IPL team. Jadeja will not just be the owner, but he will also be the batting coach, bowling coach, captain, wicketkeeper, brand ambassador and cheerleader too. The matches will be live on Sir TV and the team will be called “Sir Royal Knight Super Challenger Daredevil Indians”.

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Disclaimer: As the title suggests, this is a work of fiction and is meant to be in jest.