Four years on, lustre fades from Indian cricket league

Yuvraj Singh

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – For a show it was hard to beat: A  DJ blasted Bollywood songs, fans decked out in the colours of  the home side danced in the aisles, and the wife of the  billionaire team owner perched on an electric-blue sofa near the  Mumbai Indians’ dugout.
  
But just as local hero Sachin Tendulkar struggled with his cricket on the field, India’s glamour-packed cricket league is having difficulty sustaining momentum four years after it burst forth with a TV-friendly format, cheerleaders and big salaries.  

A series of scandals has tarnished the league’s