The very fact that I tool serious
notice of IPL only on its last game proves that IPL does not hold any more
excitement for me, atleast for now. I have ignored this season’s matches to
such an extent that I am not even fully aware of the finalists. Anyways, the
ritual of writing a new post during every IPL season lures me to attempt yet
another post.
This IPL has hardly anything new
to offer except for the absence of Shane Warne. Very similar to IPL4, it now
seems like a redundant offshoot of cricket that might become dysfunctional any
moment. There were reports of lowest TRP
ratings this season initially, but we still have to wait for the full series to
be over to make any kind of statement.
The only buzz that happened was
about the match fixing blame games towards the end of the series. Perhaps these
rumours were deliberately created to bring back the ex-IPL fans to make more
noise and pull more disinterested crowd to the stadiums and screens. But this
has come too late and will just manage to salvage the TRP for the final match
only.
But one thing is certain.
Observing the past seasons, one can definitely conclude that IPL without
controversies is nothing. And people watch IPL just to stay in touch with the
latest IPL gossips.The reason for the dwindling “fans” could also be that Indian
audience has found the TV soaps more interesting than cricket and has stayed
loyal to them.
It’s time that IPL is revamped with
new sustainable features. And these changes must be new changes and not just
increasing the teams or increasing the matches. Perhaps a little cleansing of
the IPL can help. The Maximum sixes and MRF blimps can’t make one glued forever.
Or else it hardly takes one season for people like me to stop watching the
series altogether.
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Hey, Thanks for posting. It is so informative post. Actually i am not interested to see the match. But after read your post i really like match. I share my reviews about match with my friends. he is working in Car towing service . Keep posting.
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