Great things happen in Cricket but Greatest things are possible in Indian Cricket administration.BCCI managed to shift and stage IPL 2 in South Africa fighting all the constraints successfully. What eventually mattered was to have a match for telecasting live to the global audience and the revenue associated with it.The capitalist in my heart salutes Modi for his fighting spirit and resilience but socialist in my heart mourns the absence of such characters to fight crippling social issues.
Government shamelessly admitted that it could not extend security for IPL matches. Though initially everyone thought that the response could be politically motivated, it is a real status of existing security situation. When Naxals could kidnap a train with 700 passengers, it refelects the magnitude of danger that we are forced to face due to the poor governance of successive Governments.
Let me come back to IPL 2. If it is a pure cricketing event, South Africa is the best place to host as the pitches really test the cricketing skills of players and expose their limitations.But IPL is a Cricket tamasha. It consists of more elements than cricket such as glamour, crowds,etc and Hosting such tamasha in SA is no match to what happened last year in India. The Climate is adding fuel to the fire as the matches are getting badly affected by rain.The points gained or lost due to rain will be playing a vital role in determining the semi-final contestants.
Yesterday Modi gave an interview to Ravi shastri proudly claiming that the event took off in a big way and TRP ratings were very impressive. But today's article in Economic times is projecting a diffrent scenario.The decision of moving the event out of India really affected the interest of general Public on IPL.The success of IPL during last year was because of its ability to capture the interst of general public besides cricket fans due to 20:20 excitement.In order to get their attention, the quality of competition needs to improve with some close finshes and extrodinary batting/bowling performances.
Let us see as to how it unfolds in the coming days.
Government shamelessly admitted that it could not extend security for IPL matches. Though initially everyone thought that the response could be politically motivated, it is a real status of existing security situation. When Naxals could kidnap a train with 700 passengers, it refelects the magnitude of danger that we are forced to face due to the poor governance of successive Governments.
Let me come back to IPL 2. If it is a pure cricketing event, South Africa is the best place to host as the pitches really test the cricketing skills of players and expose their limitations.But IPL is a Cricket tamasha. It consists of more elements than cricket such as glamour, crowds,etc and Hosting such tamasha in SA is no match to what happened last year in India. The Climate is adding fuel to the fire as the matches are getting badly affected by rain.The points gained or lost due to rain will be playing a vital role in determining the semi-final contestants.
Yesterday Modi gave an interview to Ravi shastri proudly claiming that the event took off in a big way and TRP ratings were very impressive. But today's article in Economic times is projecting a diffrent scenario.The decision of moving the event out of India really affected the interest of general Public on IPL.The success of IPL during last year was because of its ability to capture the interst of general public besides cricket fans due to 20:20 excitement.In order to get their attention, the quality of competition needs to improve with some close finshes and extrodinary batting/bowling performances.
Let us see as to how it unfolds in the coming days.
