Among other sports; cricket is one SPORT which is rigid to changes. It took ages from; Test form of cricket to ODI’s and then came twenty-20 which quite changed the shape of International cricket. Its more exciting, thrilling, one can arrange more matches in a day. But many veteran cricketers like Waseem Akram, Javed Miandad and Ricky Ponting are still in love with the original form of cricket ie Test cricket.

When I first heard about IPL, I was pretty excited. I was expecting some quality cricket along with the regular excitement and fun. And then we witnessed cricketers being sold out like sheep’s and goats. The only difference is that no goat worth millions of dollars The commercialism didn’t stop here. Rich Actors (SRK), Business Tycoons (Vijay Mallya etc) and not so rich girlfriends of quite rich Business men (I am talking about Pretty Zinta here) won the rights of each regional team.

Cricketers seems to be (filthy rich) happy, so are the investors for obvious reasons. But guyz shouldn’t there be any difference between cricket and a Karan Johar film or any Bollywood commercial flick for that matter. I am not against Indi masala films, neither I am against 20/20 or new exciting form of cricket for that matter. But people IPL is anything but cricket. I mean golden helmets and pads. Half naked cheerleaders cum bar dancers jumping/dancing on every boundary. Okay I agree I am a bit conservative when it comes to this, but the fact that sex sells does not imply that every picture in the art gallery should have a naked woman. Go on call me a traditionalist but my point makes sense.

The only reason of my displeasure is; I was expecting a league of EPL & UEFA standard and I am observing something like WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). So the question is; will the real cricket survive?

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