IPL:BANE

IPL success is perhaps what is bad for cricket. It follows the T20 format of the game. The game finishes in a matter of three hours, which is good for the viewers, sponsors and cricketers, but cricket as a game is loosing its essence in the process.

                    
ABOUT 4 years  back, all the founders and franchisees of the Indian Premier League (IPL) were apprehensive about how the Indians would react to this tournament. Whether they were ready to follow city specific teams? Would the crowds in Kolkata go silent when Dravid would hit a boundary and rejoice when he would get out? Would the Indians be able to tolerate this 45-day long ’cricketainment’? How would the pundits react? If these were all the questions that the IPL had posed, then the organisers can be proud of the fact that with all the highs and lows, the IPL has been a big success.

                       
Charu Sharma, the    former CEO of the Royal Challengers, Bangalore team, in an interview to NDTV, had said that the primary reason for flying in the cheerleaders was that the franchisee owners were not sure of the success of the IPL and the cheerleaders would be an added source of entertainment.

                       
The T20 format of the game is pleasing to the eye; it has got all the masala of a Bollywood blockbuster. There would be twists and turns in the game, and all of it would be over in just three hours. But from the cricketing aspect, T20 hasn’t been successful. It’s been great for the viewers, the franchisees and even for the cricketers who have taken home millions of dollars, but cricket has lost out in the process.

 All the captains go up to their bowlers and tell them to bowl it in the block hole. Perhaps the only delivery, which is difficult to hit, is the ’Yorker’. So, all captains want their bowlers to be bowling it. The game has turned mechanical a lot. If you want only ’Yorkers’ to be bowled, why do you need a bowler? You might as well have a bowling machine aiming at the block hole and bowling it there.


The success of the IPL has posed another major problem for cricket. We all know that it is money that runs this sport. After the success of IPL with thousands of people streaming in to the stadiums to catch the game, will test matches face the same response? Now that the people will get addicted to this format of the game, their interest in test matches and ’One Dayers’ will wane and so will the Television Rating Points (TRP’s) and the amount of moolah being put in to the game. Will test matches go extinct in a few years’ time? Will we never get to see Ishant Sharma bowling eight overs at Ricky Ponting or Dravid or Chanderpaul batting till the last ball to save a test match. Cricket is about to change and in front of our very own eyes.Some people would say that you give the people what they want. And if T20 is a hit with the audience, then why not? But the problem arises that when T20 was started, it was decided that it would not change the number of Test and One Day matches being played.


As a viewer, I enjoy T20. But I am apprehensive about this being the future of cricket. Is cricket all about hitting. What about the delicate flicks through mid wicket, or the caressing of the ball through the off side? If the batsman drives a full toss through the covers for a four, he will have the captain asking him as to why he didn’t hit it over mid wicket for a six.


If the test matches and the ODIs are regarded as the primary meal, then you could call T20 the pickle. Just to add spice to it. But if the pickle takes over the actual meal, then it is sure to have adverse effects on your health. Let’s just hope in the success of the IPL, cricket doesn’t lose out.

IPL:BOON

                                             

IPL now is in its 5th season and there is a question in everyone mind whether it is bane or boon.Somepeople thinks that IPL increasing its audience as each season progress while somepeople including former cricketers think that it is spoiling the cricket.So, there is a heated discussion going on this topic.let us we figure out.
                                
                                 The money spinning IPL has invited a lot of controversy in recent times.During IPL-1 the Late night parties, cheer girls were topics of discussion .Two big guns Lalit Modi and Shashi Tharoor were sacked during the IPL 3.IPL 4 was silent but during IPL 5 all controversies reached at their peak like match fixing controversy which leads to the suspension of some players,shahrukh khan brawl etc. and there is a demand from some politicians and former cricketers to shut down this game.But is this the solution of the problem ? No doubt some people have a fear about the loosing interest of test cricket in people .But,there are only few who really think about this.let the test cricket for the people who really enjoy watching test cricket.and let the twenty-20 cricket for entertainment who want  simply entertainment,who wants only sixes -fours at each and every ball.IPL is not distroying the cricket but it is promoting the cricket.what about the countries where  hockey,football or basketball games are popular .These games are not more then 2 hrs .If you want to promote the cricket in these countries you have to promote the cricket of shorter version.
                                  
                                   One of the most important advantages of the IPL is that we can see a lot of international cricket players playing in India and for Indian teams. The likes of Gilchrist, Hussey brothers, kallis, murli, Gibbs, etc. playing for Indian teams is certainly an amazing deed. We, Indians cheer for Gilchrist and Kallis, who are playing for Punjab and KKR  respectively and who are incidentally players that we liked to hate, till recently. The Indian players, the youngsters, would certainly learn a great deal from these international players, who are thorough professionals. Seeing Mike Hussey, the Chennai Super King batsman, blending comfortably with players like the Chennai born – Badrinath, is a real treat to watch. A lot of other players, who were foes while playing international cricket, are now good team mates and are enjoying each others company, thanks to the IPL. We can also say that this lead to the amicable relation between the indian and foreign players.Like, in IPL 4 selection of Andrew Symonds for mumbai indian.We all remember how the monkeygate scandal worsened the relations of cricketers of both the nations and in the same way during  IPL4  we  also saw when they  both together celebrating the win of mumbai indians.This is the beauty of game.
                                 India is a cricket loving nation and we all love cricket.everyone wants to play for his country but is it possible to play for all .the biggest example of this is Rajinder Goel ,i know most of us donot know this name.But this man has the highest wickets in ranji trophy(637 with an average of 18),but he never had a chance to play for india due to the presence of  "indian spin quartet" at that time.But ,in current time there is no possibilty that player like his stature dont get chance to play in IPL.There are so many players who get polular from the IPL and even played or  playing for the country like Suresh Raina,Yusuf pathan,Jadeja etc.So,IPL-provide a chance for the domestic player to do good in front  and along with the international players.the life of cricketer is very small and it give them financial strength too. So,it is not right to criticise the IPL ,though there are some ambiguities in this game but these must be removed rather then closing  the "entertainment ka baap" IPL.

                   Friends  give your views and suggestion on this topic,so that we can make  more precise conclusion.