Reading the Times Online today, I was surprised to see this article about Hitler captaining a team of German soldiers to play against British POWs during World War I. It is a truly brilliant article and I can only imagine that as a pioneer of blitzkreig (or lightning war), Hitler would have been an avid follower of the IPL. And Lalit Modi, of course!
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