Indian Premier League has been in the news ever since it was launched. Whether it is for making cricketers a mere ‘commodity’ in the market, or the cheer leaders, or the tax concessions that it is enjoying, or the sacking Vijay Mallya has done… or (how can I forget!) the Harbhajan-Sreesanth incident, IPL is always in news. The latest is the dropping TRP ratings.
Money binds people together better than nationalism. Or how do we explain people from different countries, who till recently spew venom on the ones from other countries, coming together and gelling so well and delivering results? The way each one cheer the other and hold well as one team is something very unique. May be in the absence of such obscene amount of money, would we have seen the same?
May be because of money, but that IPL provides an opportunity for people from diverse culture and nationalities could come together and understand each other, play the game well and appreciate each other is something special. May be this will help the future Test and ODI series to be more amiable.
In the absence of IPL would we have ever known the depth of quality players that we have in this country? It seems that India could have two equally formidable cricket teams – at least two T20 teams. All of a sudden we are watching young cricketers playing at par with the senior ones and excelling as good as (sometimes better than) the senior ones.
Who would think of having an IPL of say kabadi, or hockey?
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Hi Joe,
Why don't you post more often. I generally dont read sports items, because I do not understand them much. Perhaps your blog may inspire me.
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