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About the BookMuch like its commissioner Mr Lalit Modi, IPL from the very beginning has always been mired in controversies of all imaginablekinds. From Vijay Mallyas sacking of the team coach Charu Sharma for the teams poor performance in season one to thegrand auction of international players for season two in Fort Aguda Beach Resort in Goa, Modi has been able to keep theinterest alive by successfully marrying money with sports. This is a new kind of cricket, where players are auctioned and teamsand players are owned by frnanchise owners. But this is also the cricket where players from U-19 get a chance to play withSachin Tendulkar or Shane Warne.IPL: An Inside Story takes a look at almost all the aspects of IPL from who actually first thought of such a tournament to theprocess of choosing the franchise owners, and from the socio-economic impact of the IPL on Indian society to the politics ofshifting the venue of season two to South Africa