Let the entertainment be the part of the show, not the heart. When I was watching the finale, this doubt of mine was confirmed as rock. There was less of cricket and more of advertising, cheerleading and other non-cricketory stuff, for instant, the cameramen were quite busy in searching the celebrity personnels present in the crowds. After each good or bad shot, the focus was to grab the reaction of the respective owner than the players themselves. At one point, it felt to me as if I am watching the match in breaks between advertisements. There was a streamline of thinking in which people opposed the whole concept of IPL as Owners buying the players, buying their talents making them like the puppets. I do not completely agree with this mindset, because in the goblisation and privatization we can not think in this way. But I really felt sorry for the players as their dresses are nothing but the advertising notice board. Everywhere there was a logo of this or that endorsements. One of my friends rehetorically said, "after so much crowding on the T-shirt, why have they kept the plants plain?", "Wait, you'll see that in the next IPL", I sighed.
What was the basic idea of introducing IPL? Wasn't that to enhance the cricketing skills of our players and keep them in good form? But the recent world cup super 8 match against australia didn't show any of that? BCCI really needs some self talk otherwise I guess this deterioration would acclerate in season 4.
Best luck team India
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I think we should give them some breathing space. Same concepts are there in Football, but they are doing well there. Let the dust settle down and we may (hopefully) see some show of maturity from all the stake holders...
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