Indian Premier League – A Big Hype
Cricket is considered to be more like a religion in India than just a sport. People have their passion with this game and passion is one virtue where everything else takes a backseat. The sports world is starting to provide us more thrills off-the field than on-the field. The fast blurring line between the showbiz industry and sports has made T20 cricket look like just another prime-time reality show.
Cricket started with test matches and went till one day and now, its brand new format is twenty20. With the victory in Twenty20 World Cup Cricket Tournament in South Africa, this format has become India's beloved game. After seeing so much praise, BCCI has taken the support from cricket boards of various countries and players from different countries have been allowed to play in the IPL Cricket League and they are being paid heavy sums for doing so. Amounts so large are involved in both these ventures that using the word "enormous" will be underestimating them. Auctions of the players and the state teams in the IPL have attracted big business houses, Bollywood actors, millionaires from all over the world. It is the big names that are paying that have made all the difference in the IPL. As is evident, IPL T20 has given a new meaning to cricket. But this only indicates the commercialization of cricket.
Players are being auctioned at unbelievable prices to the extent that they are skipping schedules in their own countries to participate in the IPL matches. Some like Brett Lee have "retired" from the test matches to concentrate on the new format. The flip side of this phenomenon is that it has extended the career of some cricketers. Obviously, more than the format it is the âmoney' that is luring these players of International repute.
Even though, this is shortest form of cricket which has given tallest of height to cricket, too much money is getting into the game. Somewhere the whole game is turning out to be a theme based entertainment and the real essence of the game is being lost!!
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