Ipl's X-factor

Quotes

1. “ Entertainment enhances the game. Look at the Olympics ceremonies, look at American baseball. They all have glamour and entertainment. Here we are adding glamour to what is already a pretty glamorous game in India. ”

2. “ The cricket uses celebrities to feel good about itself. The celebrities use the cricket to stay in the headlines. It's a symbiosis of a particularly cynical kind. ”

   By Lawrence Booth

Entities Mentioned

• India
• Mumbai
• Delhi
• Bangalore
• Sourav Ganguly
• Hyderabad
• Shah Rukh Khan
• Bollywood
• Vijay Mallya
• China
• Congress
• America
• Holland
• Malaysia
• Germany
• Calcutta
• Saif Ali Khan
• Lawrence Booth
• Akshay Kumar
• Sonia Gandhi
• Priyanka Gandhi
• Sourav Ganguly

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