IPL

IPL aka Indian Premier League
The latest buzz word!!

Any popular thing which pulls admiration, pulls enough criticism also. And its a norm in todays media hyped world. Same happened/ happening with IPL. Imran Khan quoted 'IPL is the 'in' thing but I worry if it totally kicks out the test cricket'. I heard 2-3 senior international cricket players saying that true character of cricketer can only be gauged in a test cricket. Some wonder that it might provoke regionalism. Others wonder cheer leaders will hamper the country's ethics & values. Some say its spoiling cricket's reputation. Sometimes I wonder from which corner people pick up things, relate it to IPL & than debate over it, the debate heats up, and than the whole country sweats over it for nothing. Thank god, it ends there!! But naaaahhh....'the 24 hour news channels' get that 'masala' on which they can rely to shoot up their TRPs (Television Viewership Ratings), newspaper can add two more pages to create costly advertising space in between & we bloggers get topic for a post or two.

Hufffff.............All shit!!!

The bottom line is we are enjoying IPL. The whole country is enjoying IPL. People dont have enough time to track the match for bloody 7-8 hours, forget 5 days of a test match, even if they call it 'True Cricket'. We dont watch to measure the class of a batsmen, if that is visible only in test cricket. We watch it for entertainment, we watch it for enjoyment & for fun. That's what IPL has given to me, you & all others. There's so much moolah coming in. The pace of the game is awesome & now we can say that 'yeah!!! We have a sport to compete the popularity of soccer'. There's that ingredient in IPL which brings the fizz, which brings the thrill and that is 'speed'. And excuse me.... how the hell Cheerleaders gonna spoil ethics & culture of a country????? I am stunned by such ridiculous thoughts. Dear grown up Netajis/ Politicians, peek into the laptops of your culturarised & ethicised kids & u'll get the bibliography of the projects they have been doing on pornographic websites, far more capable of hampering your culture. But do that only if you youself don't like those short skirts & bikinis. C'mmon be a sport!!!

People are raking in awesome moolah, the kind of which they never even imagined in their most absurd thoughts. Franchisees will break even in first season itself (courtesy: Mint newspaper). Players will take the baggage full of notes, the luggage they cant gather even with 5 years of service for their respective national teams. Advertisers get the never before viewership. TV channels get the best deal from advertisers. I don't see any nuclear war being created by IPL.

It's a true win win situation. Rest all is CRAP!!

All in All I enjoy watching the game for 3 hours. And I simply love it. But..... Pity Delhi lost. And I am not that much happy. I was in all support for my home team.

IPL fever will definitely come down with time. Who cares. We all are enjoying IPL & so shall the world. After all it's an Indian Child. Let it grow & prosper. Let India bag some more unadulterated fame. Thumps Up for IPL. I give 10 out of 10!!

I am all geared up for Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals clash in the finals. What about u?