The inaugural Match Indian Poker League is finding it tough to get a trouble-free run at things after the Indian Premier league threatened legal proceedings over the use of the acronym IPL, and Muskan Sethi is set to be honoured by the President along with 99 other Indian women who have broken into male-dominated professions.

When the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) changed its name to the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) because it clashed with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) what hope does Raj Kundra and Patrick Nally have when it comes to the use of the acronym IPL?

Ask anyone with a modicum of sporting knowledge what the letters IPL stand for, and they will tell you that it’s the Indian Premier League. And so you can understand they would get a bee in their bonnet after Kundra and Nally decided to call their new poker league: Match IPL.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has written to both Kundra (of Viaan Industries) and Nally (President of the International Federation of Match Poker (IFMP), politely pointing out that they have no right to use those three words in the marketing of their new project.