The liquor barons hatched a plan
To cash on the craze of cricket fans
Top players with celebrity status
Are source of a great prize catch.
Chosen are players on auction
Ready to take on with action
Less of sports more of money and mania
Players with name and fame grab the offer.
Flow of filth money in bags to rope in
So, more fans in the loop get trapped in
No national fervour nor a state delight
Surely a corporate’s strength and might.
Hired players zoom, hit four and six
Win the match with bunch of tricks
The rain of runs scored by the players
The tournament trophy won with cheers.
The winners upbeat in enthusiasm and pride
They stood up and started to march in a ride
The ebullient fans were crowded and cheered.
Frenzied mob Jostling for space in brimming crowd.
One over the above in a melee got trapped
All over complete confusion and chaos spread
The afterglow faded and the fun and frolic failed
Deep gloom settled over the stadium so wide.
A stampede ensued, and a rush was made pell-mell,
And in the crush, trying to get out, many people fell.
Many succumbed and joyous commotion died away soon
The scene around, soon engulfed in a Pall of gloom.