IPL pulls out SMS game

IPL withdraws controversial SMS contest in which the users had to predicted the outcome of each ball of an over for cash prizes.The  decision came just two days after India’s sports minister MS Gill severly criticized this SMS game named 6UP .

“I see the commercial use of cricket for business gains that is going on. I am concerned at knowledgeable comments from serious followers of cricket about the latest venture of encouraging viewers to make ball-by-ball predictions of runs scored for economic gain in the shape of cash prizes,” Gill said.

India’s Union Minister for Sports MS Gill has won his battle against the IPL’s controversial prediction based SMS game.