It’s Time For IPL 4 – But!!

So the World Cup is finally over. Still the Euphoria is there but the tournament is done with. “TEAM INDIA” has emerged as the conquerors of the world and celebrations are still on all around India. From Mumbai to Ranchi to Kashmir to Chennai, the whole India is still enjoying the moment, soaking in the fact that we are the World Champs. After a month and a half of hard work, heart breaks and brilliance, INDIA finally won the World Cup. 

But suddenly new banners are flaunting all over Mumbai with this words “IPL ON To Saara Bharat Bandh”. After looking at the banners and watching the commercials on Television we are forced to realize that another tournament is coming in couple of days. Well it’s more of a revolution than a tournament. It’s a place where players are bought and sold; beautiful females make their presence felt and some famous businessmen and film stars start cheering for their team. 

Yes it’s time for Indian Premier League, one of the most awaited sporting spectacle in the world of sports.  The tournament is held every year in India (except for some unforeseen events) and players from all over the world are divided in teams which are named after the Indian states. To get some loyal support every franchise uses the state or city name and ironically there are just two to three players of that state in the entire squad.

 

Take for example “Mumbai Indians”, which is one of the squad owned by India’s leading business tycoon. Out of twenty five players in the whole squad there are only five players who are born in Mumbai but still the team has its die-hard supporters from Mumbai cheering for them every year. There are around eight foreign players per squad but still out of the remaining seventeen; at least ten should be representing the same state. but sadly it’s not happening.

Foreign players from each team add spice to the tournament. Four foreign players in playing eleven along with few Indian superstars make the tournament interesting and fun to watch for cricket lovers across the globe. The quality of cricket is also high class and with most of high profile matches starting at 8: 00 PM IST, the TV Timings are also suitable for the chunk of Indian viewers. 

Since it is a twenty over per side tournament, there is plenty of action throughout the match with hardly a boring moment. It has also brought a new audience to the game apart from the connoisseurs who follow the game regularly. Over all IPL has proved to be a big hit till date. It is one of the biggest success stories in this beautiful game of Cricket. 

With World Cup ending just four to five days back and with “TEAM INDIA” winning the World Cup, the entire nation is still soaking the joy of Indian victory. “TEAM INDIA” has also made INDIA united which is sadly divided on the basis of religions and languages. So with IPL starting, will it be possible for Indian fans to support foreign players in their team,  in place of Indian stars who they adored and prayed for since last couple of months. 

World Cup Final was played at Wankhede and the stadium witnessed history on 2^nd of April when “Team India” won the World Cup there. The final was against the Lankans, and it was “Lasith Malinga” who took the wicket of “Sachin Tendulkar” which brought stadium to a pin drop silence.  Ironically Malinga plays for “Mumbai Indians” in IPL and has a huge fan following at Wankhede. But on 2^nd April he was the main culprit who is still cursed all over India for taking Sachin’s wicket. 

With “Mumbai Indians” playing their home match against the “ Pune Warriors ” at Wankhede on 20^th April, it will be interesting to see what happens if Malinga cleans up the world cup hero Yuvraj Singh. Will there be a pin drop at Wankhede or will the chant “MALINGA…MALINGA” of 30000 odd spectators echo across the Wankhede.