The IPL (Indian Premier League) has reached the halfway stage. It is pretty clear the IPL (Indian Premier League) is giving the saans bahu serials of Ekta Kapoor a run for its money. With its fair share drama and controversies theIPL (Indian Premier League) is the fast becoming a must watch for a cricket crazy nation.
The advent of the IPL (Indian Premier League), has surely killed off the possibility of any other sport coming to prominence in this one sport nation. Mr Lalit Modi has sadly given this country the one thing it can never get tired off, cricket.
I am not some one who hates cricket but I would like to see other sports in India gain prominence. At this juncture I would like draw attention to the so called "the spirit of game " in the IPL (Indian Premier League).
The incidents such as the verbal spat between Ganguly and Warne, the now infamous slapgate between Sreesanth and Harbahajan make, you wonder where the feeling of sportsmanship has gone??
I mean one has to spare a thought for the ICL(Indian Cricket League), because of whom the IPL(Indian Premier League) came into existence. I would also like to point out that matches in ICL(Indian Cricket League) were not ones where the bowlers massacred, totals were more in the range 140-160. I would disagree with any one who says that the level of cricket was anything below par.
But the stand out feature of this IPL (Indian Premier League) has the been performance of the local talent. Contrary to popular belief the fortunes of the teams have depended on these unsung heroes . For example The Rajasthan Royals are a team with no real big names other than Shane Warne but they have been the team to beat so far in this IPL(Indian Premier League). All because of their local talent such as Siddarth Diwedi Jadeja etc.
The Deccan Chargers are prime example of what can happen when there is no real local talent around, having lost its best to the ICL (Indian Cricket League)with in likes of Rayadu, I S Reddy etc. They have one the very best set of foreign players but with a lack of support cast find themselves as one of the bottom dwellers in IPL(Indian Premier League).
All in all the Ipl (Indian Premier League) has been able to keep the interest in the public going. With even teams performing poorly such Deccan chargers and Bangalore playing to packed stadiums. Will these fans be back year after year?? only time will tell.
3 comments:
mohitho! sorry to it took me so long to write something here :P I'm just too depressed that the only team I was vaguely thinking of supporting is at the bottom of the table. What happened to the Bangalore spirit? :( :(
You seem to be following the IPL mAtches with a keen fervour. I reaaly liked your blog and I am watching the matches with interest maybe not with the same enthusiasm as yours. Visit my blog radhikahues.blogspot.com to give your comments.
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although IPL says that it exists for the upliftment of domestic cricket, just have a look at what treatment has been given to the lesser known young talents playing for IPL. http://crickethindustan.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/bcci-needs-to-bring-out-the-whip-on-erring-franchisees/
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