What was introduced with much fanfare in 2008 as a professional cricket tournament to boost friendship among nations, to improve the face of cricket not forgetting Indian cricket, to find new talents and to entertain cricket fans all across the world is now surrounded by a never ending controversy. By the way this shouldn't be a controversy if I rename the tournament as Indian Paid League.
The latest controversy that's surrounding the IPL tournament is huge as it has hurted the sentiments of the people supporting cricket from the bottom of their heart. Not much has to be said about the character of the players who were involved in spot fixing the matches. What came as a big jolt to the nation was the involvement of S Sreesanth in this spot fixing. A player of such a stature who has played many international matches in all three formats for the country is now merely a subject of criticism for his fans. The other two players Ankit Chavan and Ajit Chandila have ended their career even before it started. With criticisms coming from all sections of the society these newcomers will never be respected for they have gambled in a gentleman's game.
This is not the first time that IPL is in controversy. Right from the IPL scam in 2010 when then IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi and then Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor were sacked, to a match fixing by five Indian cricketers last year this tournament has always been in the headlines. Yet, as an old Indian saying asserts, "Raat Gayi Baat Gayi", means forget about the things which happened the previous night, our players seem to have acted in the very same way. It is very clear that all the three accused have taken no lessons from their predecessors- Mohd. Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Ajay Sharma, Salman Butt and Hansie Cronjie to name a few.
The latest controversy that's surrounding the IPL tournament is huge as it has hurted the sentiments of the people supporting cricket from the bottom of their heart. Not much has to be said about the character of the players who were involved in spot fixing the matches. What came as a big jolt to the nation was the involvement of S Sreesanth in this spot fixing. A player of such a stature who has played many international matches in all three formats for the country is now merely a subject of criticism for his fans. The other two players Ankit Chavan and Ajit Chandila have ended their career even before it started. With criticisms coming from all sections of the society these newcomers will never be respected for they have gambled in a gentleman's game.
This is not the first time that IPL is in controversy. Right from the IPL scam in 2010 when then IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi and then Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor were sacked, to a match fixing by five Indian cricketers last year this tournament has always been in the headlines. Yet, as an old Indian saying asserts, "Raat Gayi Baat Gayi", means forget about the things which happened the previous night, our players seem to have acted in the very same way. It is very clear that all the three accused have taken no lessons from their predecessors- Mohd. Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Ajay Sharma, Salman Butt and Hansie Cronjie to name a few.
The objectives of this glamorous tournament has just been the opposite of what it was proposed to be. Since the tournament has many foreign players playing in it; some even captaining the teams, one of the objectives of the tournament was to promote friendship among the cricketing nations. However, this task has proven to be very costly for the BCCI. This novel effort of the board is challenged by the childish behavior of Indian cricketers on the field. For instance in 2008 Bhajji slapped our "Michael Jackson";
S Sreesanth currently trapped in this latest controversy. Similarly the latest edition has also shown signs of rift between cricketer Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir as both of them entered into an argument over Kohli's dismissal. The story doesn't stops here as the aggressive Virat Kohli even started abusing the audience when the latter bullied the cricketer.
Lastly, the most important aspect of this tournament is entertainment. By the way entertainment is the only consistent characteristic that Indian Premiere League has been up to. Right from cheer leaders, to the controversy between Bhajji and Sreesanth, to the IPL scam and the latest spot fixing case that has rocked the nation this tournament hasn't let down the aspirations of people's search for entertainment.
Well, there's no doubt that the sixth edition of this tournament will be remembered for its spot fixing case rather than Gayle's sixer and Gilly's Gangnam style.
S Sreesanth currently trapped in this latest controversy. Similarly the latest edition has also shown signs of rift between cricketer Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir as both of them entered into an argument over Kohli's dismissal. The story doesn't stops here as the aggressive Virat Kohli even started abusing the audience when the latter bullied the cricketer.
Lastly, the most important aspect of this tournament is entertainment. By the way entertainment is the only consistent characteristic that Indian Premiere League has been up to. Right from cheer leaders, to the controversy between Bhajji and Sreesanth, to the IPL scam and the latest spot fixing case that has rocked the nation this tournament hasn't let down the aspirations of people's search for entertainment.
Well, there's no doubt that the sixth edition of this tournament will be remembered for its spot fixing case rather than Gayle's sixer and Gilly's Gangnam style.
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