Lalit Modi and BCCI are already minting big bucks with the IPL and it seems that the change of host nation seems to have just got them a bit more worrying about losing the stake in all those rolls of green. That is exactly why the headless thinkers on top of the tournament’s decision making team decided to put in a seven and a half minute break after every 10 overs in each innings.

The latest effort though seems to have already received plenty of slack and with a lot more to follow, maybe the stubborn heads on the top will soon be forced to scrap out the useless ‘Strategic Time-outs’. With players like Tendulkar and Harbhajan already stating that the breaks are doing more harm than good to teams by breaking up the rhythm of the players, it seems that all those ad-revenues are finally cutting deep into quality of cricket.

While bowling teams that are getting mauled seem to be all too happy with such a break, it seems that the seven and a half minutes is all too long if it really is just to make strategic plans! For this version the time-out is probably here to stay, but hopefully IPL 3 back in India will see the break melt away in hot summer sub-continent heat.