The Curious Case of the Fake IPL Player

Kishen Kanhaiyya, Mr. Batlivala, Big Sister, Sheikh of Tweak, Little Monster, Phoren babas, Prince Charles of Patiala, and a bunch of others that cannot be named in this space, are part of the Indian Premier League this year.

Puzzled? To start with, this is not a new advertisement we're talking about. The names that you've read above are aliases used in a mysterious blog spurting daily dirty details about the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).

The blog is called The Fake IPL Player, and the mission - well, it looks like an entertaining satire on the 'life in IPL' through the eyes of a Kolkata Knight Rider.

The last blog post has generated over 500 comments till now, which clearly goes out to show the growing popularity among cricket-frenzied voyeurs - a majority of them begging for more.

As the media has caught on with the buzz, the posts exuberate narcissism by the writer as he's sure not to get caught in his true identity.

Here's one of his recent blog posts that elucidate this:

"News is that the team management and the Phoren Babas (McCullum & Buchanan, apparently) think that Lordie is Fake IPL. Apparently, he was called into the CEO's room where Di*do, Coachie, and Skipper, politely asked him about it. But, they forget that this is THE LORD OF THE RING they are dealing with."

Now now could it really have been started by the babu moshais of the KKR team? Or is this a promotional stunt of sorts for this cricketer(?) for a slingshot at an eventual career in blogging?

Nevertheless, the public seems to be enjoying every bit of it. Does anyone really know who dunnit?

Read all the posts of The Fake IPL Player here.