Turn, turn, turn to book cricket league!

Let's be honest. Not all of you will be watching the IPL match between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bengaluru tonight. IPL, once a carnival of sixes and cheerleaders, may have waned a bit in its novelty value. So, as always, we offer you a solution - no, not more fireworks or mid-over concerts: start an IPL-style Indian Book Cricket League, or BCL (not to be confused with British Council Library).

For those unfamiliar with the page-turning sport as well as with the insides of books - book cricket is played by flipping open a book at random and declaring the last digit of the left-hand page (even) number as your score. 0 is out, 6 is glory, 8 is 1 run, etc. True skill lies in knowing whether to gamble with a fat Mahabharat or a thin Paulo Coelho paperback - or Chetan Bhagat. This isn't a game of chance. It's about strategy, intuition and gauging thickness.

The thrill's undeniable. No DRS. No third umpire. Just the camera hovering each time to transmit the raw suspense of whether the thumb of the bookie - yes, let's appropriate that unfortunate term - lands on page 238 or 240. The only controversy that may need smoothening out before each match is whether the book was pre-flipped. So, let's have BCL. Nothing's more Indian, more exhilarating than this bookish sport. Media rights are open. So, book Book Cricket League for your platform now!