Jumbo IPL circus

Yeah this is my first official blog post on "the bakar blog" and obviously no one could find out a better subject to start a blog with.. THE IPL. The most, so called, glamorized form of cricket, and that is needed indeed. IPL happens every year, and every year they promise to be more bigger and even more grand. Though, the bigger term here implies for more number of matches, more number of sponsor and even more chu**iyapa.

Teams of IPL were named after states and cities of india, so as to keep whole india engaged and keep cheering the team of their state (even when no body from their state is playing in that team). I would like to thank the organizers that they kept the rules of T20 cricket intact, because they might have chosen the chance to earn some more bucks by sms voting and elimination of players from each team like a random reality show.

In the very first stage of IPL's evolution, the most highlighted news about it was the protest instead of matches. The protest against selling and buying of cricket players, even when the players were not reluctant about it themselves (some people in india mistakenly thought it was like bidding for prostitution and they never apologized for it). The another protest and anger was against the "cheerleaders".. the so called protectors of hindu sanskriti thought they can cook their food here and they called it "jism ki numaish" in those days (even when they are willing to watch IPL only for these firang cheerleaders). But nevertheless, the protest and revolts took an off, maybe because they saw the amount of vibes that IPL created was much more than there revolts.

This year, IPL has entered into its sixth season (just like big boss, its pretty irony..isnt it?)and as always they have promised to be more grand (yes, indeed, they are). DLF no more the title sponsor and the place will now be reserved for Pepsi. The sixes will be called "yes bank maximum", wicket is "citi moment of success" and fours are brought to you by "luminous batteries" (not by the batsman who made it to the boundary line). Every year I think how they will make more spaces for more sponsor and how catchy it could be, and they proved me a fool every year with such glossy ideas.
This year they have spent a huge amount on advertisement, just to create a buzz in market, and they have came up with big campaigns. One is "koi nahi bachega" and "sirf dekhne ka nahi". The former one was just to target televisions during holi. Another one was "sirf dekhne ka nahi" the campaign that proved successful in irking people rather than making them dance. Farah khan insisting everybody dance as per her dance moves was pretty funny, but not that much. Indians dance freely, they cannot repeat same step on every six or wicket and most importantly we abuse more often than dance while watching cricket, instead of dance steps they should have tried for "o teri maa di" "o teri bhen di" sayings and that would have adapted by Indian public more easily (you can thank me later for this idea).

IPL is indeed a paisa vasool entertainment, and most importantly, short matches that last 3 hrs only. If you are a true cricket lover (who love following cricket within cricket ethics) may not like this form of cricket, but if you are looking for pure sports entertainment.. do watch IPL. This is not just a business, not just a game, not just entertainment.. this is a trend and pure cricket-fun.