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IPL's towel phobia

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Business Standard New Delhi
The "Sreesanth effect" is now visible on the remaining matches of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the form of a well-developed towel phobia among cricketers. Those closely following live telecasts of subsequent matches would have noticed that bowlers have eschewed the once popular practice of wiping sweat from a towel tucked into the waistband in favour of the wristband. The question is: when will the bookies who have escaped detection in this round-up choose wristband-wiping as a favourite spot-fixing signal?

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First Published: May 23 2013 | 9:05 PM IST

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