Graveyard shift for IPL

Times Media

TELFORD VICE, Johannesburg

Among the last street signs visitors to Sharjah Cricket Stadium see before they pass through the main gate to an arena that creaks with faded glory is a stark pointer that reads: “Graveyard”.

Sharjah is where the seventh edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) starts today with a game between the Mumbai Indians and the Kolkata Knight Riders.

Organisers will hope the match is not another step in a funeral procession for a tournament that once seemed destin...