Tarun writes about Vijay Mallya's sacking of Charu Sharma from a labour law perspective:

But the point is that corporatization is rearing its very ugly head in cricket and an out of form player is now under the same kind of threat as any other employee in India - the very real threat of being fired and losing out on 'maximizing' income during playing days. As a lawyer, it irks me that the same kind of labour legislations that protect each of us employed in India from complete arbitrariness and high handedness does not appear to protect the sons of Indian cricket.

Sanjay has an entirely different take on the same subject, highlighting the money and accountability link:

But these stories highlight the thing that BCCI never did. How many times have the BCCI pulled up its players for non performance? How many times have team selection blunders been ignored? How many times have prejudices and biases dominated team selection without anyone questioning or raising the issue?

If a team can send players home because they may never get a piece of the action, why can’t the BCCI stop sending huge contingents of officials on paid holidays?

Meanwhile, Fershad insists that he hasn't checked personally but breaks the news that Sachin's groin is ready for the rigours of the IPL. And Q appears to be quite anxious about whether the IPL is "reliant on Aussie Power? Or rather are the Aussies the backbone of the IPL?" Finally, Nestaquin previews the upcoming Test series between England and New Zealand.