IPL appeal

Whoa ! not even half way through, the revenue meters for this 3 year old tournament , have already shot up. Seems this is not enough!.Kochittes and Punaittes have registered themselves to this tournament for the next year. The number of matches to be played next year is gonna be around 94! (why not a century here?? ).

This year was no less fun !.Mandira Bedi was missing (should i call that fun or loss) , Lanky Gaurav and few good boys have joined to anchor the tournament . This year Cuttack was under attack of the IPL's entertainment bandwagon , so was Ahmedabadh and Shimla (no match was played there yet) .

The advertisements!. Innovative ways were found to insert the advertisemnets here and there.

1. In one match a ball was lofted to the boundary , The ball was about to meet the head of a policeman near the boundary, the policeman avoids the meet .The commentators , announced that it is definitely a' citi 'moment of success. citi here is citi bank i think. similarly many such successful moments were tagged with citi.

2. Karbonn catches. letting some people who lack the required amount of dexterity to catch the ball. who at times do disappoint and catch the ball , to snatch the karbon mobiles.

3. Blessed are the advertisers , when the bowler takes a long run-up. in that 15 seconds , couple of ads are gingerly inserted.

4. DLF maximum sixes .Karbon Kamal catches!

5. Tactical time outs.! wonder how much one could stratergise in the given 2 and a half minutes. Unmistakably thats for the benefit of the advertisers .

6. Not to forget that MRF blimp hovering over the stadium! and frequent thrust from the camera men and commentators to show a close up of it, on the pretext of admiring it (for each and every game)

What was missing in this IPL ?

The camera that hovers over the pitch , controlled remotely . Quite a good innovation, but cant really dodge the blitkreigians of the IPL, perhaps thats the reason it was removed.

The gender equity in cheer-leading was done away with. Only ladies this time!

Sharukh has limited presence, So KKRS are feeling good about their presence at top of the points- table (superstition is that, Sharukh present = game lost).

IPL has definitely brought extra- appeal ,that cricket already had . This had done lots of good for the welfare of the domestic players , Who now have additional space to showcase their talents and get into the 'national team' . IPL is here to stay!