It's said that not too many youngsters are able to handle the glitz and glamor. The glitz and glamor are the parties, the alcohol, the sex.

It's not like what people think it was.

Perhaps because the IPL has become a stepping stone to the Indian cricket team. Without a doubt.

The one thing that I like about the IPL, and the thing that I also don't like about the IPL is the foreign players. I've been in an ecosystem. Whether they play or whether they don't play, they get that money. For a youngster, he knows this is a stepping stone. I could get an opportunity. It could be game one, it could be game 15. So I've noticed that there's a little indifference when they walk onto the pitch with how they play.

Do you think it's an outcome of bad leadership at the management level?

It's very difficult to manage an IPL team.

What's the beauty of the IPL?

That it's a platform that attracts the best talent. One ball, one shot, one bath, one dive can lift an entire nation. It's a very, very beautiful privilege.