IPL mania is not yet over. IPL, which was a combination of Bollywood and Cricket, had driven mass hysteria in India for the last few weeks. Cricketers, Business Houses and business men have made millions. The politicians do no want to sit back.

A cricket match was organised at Amethi, the traditional Gandhi family stronghold in UP. Rahul Gandhi, his sister Priyanka and brother-in-law Robert Vadra, and the cricket Icon Sachin Tendulkar were in attendance. The sponsor this time was the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust. Cricket players RP Singh and Pankaj Singh, both from UP, participated.

This match brings back the memories of Laagan. Do the politicians want to exploit the cricket hysteria in India? India’s official TV Channel, Doordarshan, aired the match live. It is believed that Rahul Gandhi’s idea was to organize the Rajiv Gandhi rural cricket tournament in his father’s memory. 1,857 teams from villages in Amethi constituency had taken part in it. With elections around the corner this could be the right strategy.