Well IPL is in news since a very long time now, for some it's a daily dose of fun and for some it's a torture.
For housewives it's a "Serial Killer". As it kills all the serials which get featured after 7Pm.
The teams have some funny theme songs like "Duniya Hila De" of Mumbai Indians, well from now on if any earthquake hit the world you know whom to blame for it.
And another funny thing is how the franchise chose their team, I mean what Shilpa Shetty have to do with Rajasthan?, maybe her father's uncle's neighbor's father-in-laws were originally from Rajasthan. One more thing "Why they call it King's eleven when it's not SRK's team?". :P
Well jokes part, IPL is actually a great concept because of these 10 reasons given below:
(1). Platform for young cricketers: IPL is really very great for young cricketers. They get to play with international stars and they gain some valuable experience which help them in their future. Youngsters like Ganguly, Dravid, Badrinath, Ramesh Powar, Amit Mishra, Munaf Patel and Ashish Nehra can really prove their point to the world here only on IPL.
(2). Spirit of Cricket: It's a good platform for increasing the level of the Sport Spirit in our players. All cricket playing nations' play as a team here. So our players becomes friends with other nation's players (Like Kohli and Gayle) and start fighting with their own teammates (Like Bhajji and Sreesanth). Just because of IPL Bhajji solved his issue with the Monkey Symonds and slapped Sreesanth and abused other Indian players, isn't that great?.
(3). Everybody gets an award: Yes it's really cool about IPL. They give away a lot of awards after every match which is great to encourage more people about Cricket. They have some really cool categories like: Best Catch, Best Run Out, Highest Number Of Sixes, Longest Six, Best Single taken by a batsman, Best take by a wicket keeper, Biggest ass of a cheerleader, Best Abuse used in the match, Best Slap and many more.
(4).Commentators: It's another bright part of the IPL, poeple like Navjot Sidhu and Danny Morrison who don't get work anywhere else are the premiums here. Sometime I feel that people who listen to these guys need to get paid instead of these "Sirs talks a lot".
Here are some of the cool commentators:
(A). Ravi Shastri: This guy speaks faster than a tracer bullet.
(B). Harsha Bhogle: This guy speaks wiser than Mr. Oscar Wilde.
(C). Ramiz Raja: This guy speaks better double meanings than Shakti Kapoor.
(D). Danny Morrison: This guy speaks better English than Chris Gayle. Irphan Pathan is Orphan Pathan for him.
(E). Navjot Sidhu: This guy speaks, oh wait! this guy just SPEAKS.
(5).Colorful Atmosphere: IPL is really colorful, specially the teams' jerseys. For example CSK's jersey is more yellower than MDH turmeric powder and KKR's jersey is more golden than Bappi Lahiri's body. Though because of such horrendous combination of colors you have to adjust the contrast and the brightness of your TV every 5 minutes while watching the match.
(6). Grand Opening Ceremony: Yeah!! Where else you could see Salman Khan dancing on Bodyguard's title track? (Except every TV channel). Where else you could see Katy Perry performing? (Though no one wants to watch her). Where else you could see SRK wearing those weird than Karunanidhi's goggles at night? ( Except every KKR match).
(7). Culture of India: Well yes, when our culture has been let down by our own so called modern people, we call them pseudos, IPL is setting an example about how great our culture is. There are teams from every region of India and that makes it a great stage to show a bit of the great Indian culture. From next season they are trying to add few more team to show more of India. Like Rohtak Rockstars, Darbhanga's Dramebaaz, Haryana Rapestars, Gurgaon's Gud-Gobars, Kashmir Blasters and Jhumari Tallaiya's Superstars. People like KRK are interested in buying these teams as they are very rich according to themselves only.
(8). Lessons for youth: Franchise like Malya, SRK, Preity Zinta and Gayatri Reddy are setting great examples for the youth of the country. Now youth want to drink like Vijay Malya, smoke like SRK and do sexual activities like Preity Zinta in public. Though Gayatri Reddy is very innocent, she stand up and clap for a Deccan Chargers' boundary even when they need 68 runs from 2 balls to win the game. People call it great spirit I call it stupidity.
(9). Politics: As we all know that politics plays a great role in Indian cricket, but things have changed now, now cricketers are all set to play a big role in politics. Thanks to Sachin Tendulkar. Likes of Rajiv Shukla (This guy is a precious member of BCCI ever since Vasco Da Gama searched this country called India) and Sharad Pawar (This guy wanted twists in his life got twist on his face) are always there to cheer people up.
(10). Great for Family Get Together: As they show in their Ads that it's good for family hangouts and that makes our relation stronger with our family. Yes, that's surely more than true. You can go to the stadium and watch a game of cricket, meanwhile your wife can stare at SRK, your father at Shilpa Shetty, you mother at Vijay Malya, your brother at Gayatri Reddy and your pet at Subrata Roy. Later on you all can fight over this.
PJ Time: IPL is like our Syllabus, NEVER ENDING.
So now you know how IPL is a great venture for all of us. Keep watching and keep rolling.
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Reading a truly hilarious article after a long time! Brilliant man, the way you've sprinkled humor and presented the ugly truth about IPL. Hoping to read many posts on the same line :)
ReplyDeleteHehe, thanks a lot :)
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ReplyDeleteAll great points!! And the controversies and scandals involving the players and the team owners are quite entertaining for those who don't understand cricket :D
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DeleteIt's true about the awards! They did give the best ass in the cheerleaders :)
ReplyDeleteLoved your post and your template! Keep up the work.
P.S - I just wrote something similar on the same lines. Cheers. Rama.
http://bale-blog-ia.blogspot.com//2012/05/parul-powai-and-purple-brigade-am.html
Glad you liked it Rama :)
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