Some call it the biggest blockbuster of the Indian summer; others call it the Biggest Controversy in Cricket.
Love it or Hate it. The fact is – You can’t – Ignore it.
Time to throw away the Whites and Don the Colors. Coz, it’s time to get dressed. Dressed for Cricket’s biggest party of 2013. Time for IPL-6.
A party that not only the fans, players and organizers await, but one that the cash cows of BCCI eagerly await.
With a 400 crore ($71.77 million) bid for the next 5 years, almost double than what its predecessor DLF paid in 2008, It surely is Pepsi’s way of hitting a ‘DLF Maximum’ to stake its claim in India’s Cricketing foray. A thought reiterated by its CEO Gautham Mukkavilli ‘Cricket is a religion in India and IPL is now its most revered temple where the faithful flock to’.
With a rejuvenated campaign, new teams and changed sponsorship’s, the Sixth edition promises to become even bigger. So what are you waiting for-?
The carpets are all rolled out. People got their Popcorn’s. Let the games begin.
If IPL seems so good to be true. Why the conspiracy theory about the IPL’s boom and burst hypnosis.
It’s not a new phenomenon. People have always raised questions about the fragile foundations of the league, be it through its overvaluation in 2010, when the league was valued at $ 4.13 billion; to the financial irregularities of the playing franchises to penalizing the string pullers (BCCI) for indulging in market abuse and anti-competitive practices.
In fact, some of its critics are certainly waiting patiently in the sidelines to witness its slow motion death and then its downfall.
What they have failed to disintegrate in their analysis of the league and its predicaments are the sentiments of the cricketing fan, every time he cheers for his team from the cricketing stands or from their television sets.
And buoy, do they roar with full gusto
After all, who wouldn’t want to see Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar, in the same colors discussing a field placement or fist thump each other at the fall of a wicket for Mumbai Indians or for that matter a 19 year old Unmukt Chand, having just taken baby steps in International Cricket lofting the mighty Dale Steyn for a Six across the boundary ropes to help the Delhi Daredevils Win.
Its adrenaline rushes and hair –raising moments like these that give the cricket fan pure joy. All of which are amply exhibited and justified by not only the amount of noise the fans make in the stands but also by the amount the spend from their wallets .
Who says it’s been a clean-cut controversy free cricketing spectacle. If the first season was marred by the Harbhajan Singh- Sreesanth Slapgate scandal, this year it’s the banning of Sri Lankan cricketers from playing in Chennai.
And next year, it might be something else.
Teams and players will always come and go. If there was a Deccan Charger, now there is a Hyderabad Sunrisers. If there was a Sanath Jayasuriya, now there is a Chris Gayle and tomorrow there might be someone else. What seems to have remained intact is the spirit with which the cricketing fan has followed his team.
Even the recently concluded the India-Australia Border Gavaskar series was not able to rake in crowds like some of last year’s IPL games.
If English Premier League was the basis on which the tournament was started, the future of Cricket might just only be the IPL with the other International games and Qualifiers being limited to the Cricket World Cup. You might just be seeing the sport in a new form altogether. Imagine a scenario where MS Dhoni is playing more with Dwayne Bravo than Virat Kohli and you would get your answer.
So, when Pitbull blasts away his ‘Don’t stop the party’ at the opening ceremony of this year’s IPL, you better come prepared in your dancing shoes, coz who knows It might just be the only cricketing party in true sense you would be able to enjoy all this year.
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Thanks for the great comments elelaytug!
RCB & DECCAN are done ignoring DRAVID, UTTAPPA, VINAYKUAR AND LAXMAN reptesively. Nothing at all, franchises playing with everyones sentimets who have respects for their local icons.
To an extent, I definitely agree. It’s the Dravid’s, Laxman’s who brought name and fame to the State sides while playing for their country. When players of their caliber are ignored by their respective IPL teams I am sure It breaks followers hearts. At the end of the day the teams are looking for the best possible alternatives that will help them win games rather than satisfy people’s wants. But I think It should be a good mix of both.
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