Its raining fours and sixes. People are dancing around and enjoying this great game of bat and ball. This was the traditional way of commentary. Looks like all this is going to change and will be something like this "Its raining money. Sushmita Sen or Diya Mirza are dancing around and people are enjoying their great moves". Thats precisely what IPL is.
IPL has been making a lot of hoopla nowadays with every team coming out with their names and dresses,SRK's dance track and many ads to promote the same. I dont intend to argue if IPL would really be beneficial to these ppl who have bought the teams at billions,its already been done by many newspapers. I am searching to find an answer to this question "What is the need for it?" Watching ICL for last few days have convinced me about the need of it. I mean ICL has a much better motive, they are providing an opportunity to all those passionate Indian cricketers who have tried and have played cricket all their lives but have still not been able to make it to the top level. The finals of ICL just showed the strength of the Indian counterparts with many cricketers proving their mettle in the tournament and the big thing money;yes 2 crores for the winning hyderabadis. Atleast ICL seeks to strenghen the basic infrastucture for cricket and gives a great platform.
Now coming back to IPL,what is the real need for it. Just that it has been launched as a measure against ICL.It would have been better if IPL too had tried to promote some Indian cricketers. But over here the money would again flow to already billionaires like Dhoni, Sachin.Even ICC does the same during the worldcups bringing in so many trivial teams and extending the world cup just to make money.If ICC was indeed serious about promoting cricket then they should have atleast organized more tournaments for such teams. Did we ever hear Netherlands or Scotland playing a tournament other than the World Cup.Its just paisa for ICC too.
But its only because BCCI has a real weight in ICC that makes it possible for them to start IPL.Infact ICC should be named as Indian Cricket Council. I mean how else can you make sure that for these 1.5 to 2 months no matches are held and all the international players can participate. Yes IPL could be great for spectators and the media,its like a bull market no one complains as every one is making money.But for cricket I dont think their is a real need for IPL. I think their will be an excess of 20-20 now with both IPL and ICL and soon we may have to come up with 10-10.
But paisa bolta hai mere dost.
Cash is King.
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