Former India spinner Bishan Singh Bedi said it was a pity that the farcical Nagpur Test match was played out under the nose of the BCCI president Shashank Manohar and with the International Cricket Council's cricket committee chief Anil Kumble in the commentary box.

A known critic of the IPL, he said people want to believe IPL is entertainment. But when cricket was invented, it was to pull people out of depression. So there was no need to have an 'induced entertainment.' "I feel strongly that IPL is doing a lot of harm to the youth of the country. It makes the youth realise saturation point too soon," Bedi said.