Sunday, April 12, 2009

Why IPL is not good?

IPL was never about city loyalty. It is a new form of legendary game cricket to keep it alive. What created hype was not the foreign players playing for a certain cricket team but it was about how much bounty they will carry in their pocket. Secondly, the media is giving it because of the Bollywood stars they are attracting towards itself. Big shots businessmen made it even bigger by bidding more and earning more. Lalit Modi, businessmen of new generation has to make money anyhow. He is not much into Cricket. He has devised a new way to generate income. its good and helping our economy by generating employments for many keeping the money rotating in many ways. But i question his ability as a Cricket player, he has never been one. The task he is doing should have been done by any other person who has good image in public as well as who is credible to meet deadlines.
Kapil Dev could have been the one whom we could have looked up to reform cricket. Government is using him in attracting youth toward Indian Army. His venture to bring a change in Change in Cricket, better known as ICL has been virtually banned by Cricket federation ICC. It is one of the perfect example of how the big power house businessmen pull out competition from the weaker one. its now happening in Cricket also.
Players of ICL have been barred from International Cricket Community. This never means to be a fair game for any kind of player who are struggling to get into top 11 and not getting chance at international level. The one who start performing good on the international level through ICL will never have a place in BCCI team. Isn't that rude.
Almost all of the power house of the country have invested money in IPL in some from or the other. They are going to look after every aspect from the angle of their profit. Though BCCI will always have the upper say in the matters which are directly linked to the Cricket as a game. But, it is going to effect the game in various ways.
When political people had their say in the game through the position they had in selectors panel we had all the media creating buzz about it. Now that place has been taken up by wealthy people of our country and everybody is silent. It has few reasons to it:-
1) Media is going to gain a lot through the attention created by game in public.
2) Players are gaining huge amount of bounty.
3) BCCI’s cash is already overflowing.
4) Money has bought almost all the members of ICC.
5) New Indian blood will have more opportunity.
6) IPL has created huge amount of wealth for the country.
Every one is going to gain in this new form of game. I am also happy about it. But I worry about:-
1) True form of Cricket.
2) More money and more pressure from IPL will lead players to concentrate more on it than internationals.
3) Test Cricket will become history forever.
These three points make more importance to my life than those 6 by which are the better side of new form of Cricket.
So, What’s wrong if it is being played in S.A.,it was never for the cities loyalty, names were for just to attract viewers. Investors can’t afford to lose on the basis fact that our country is suffering from a great demon of terrorism. Its always money, honey.

1 comments:

Rajeev said...

ya, i really agree with the authors point of view.there is a lot of discrimination with the players of ICL having good talent. BCCI should become more mature and should take decisions for the benefit of the game and not for there sole aim of money..