One has to acknowledge India is a cricket crazy nation. But even in a country like India, it takes a cricket player at least one act of fame or notoriety for India in international cricket to become a household name. I still remember Kanitkar because of that 4 he hit in a final against Pakistan in Dakha. Everyone remembers Chetan Sharma because of that 6 Javed Bhai hit at Sharjah. But with the advent of IPL, so many Indians have become household names. Looking at the following list of players I am sure they wouldn't have gotten so famous but for the IPL. Naman Ojha, Jhunjunwala, Harmeet Singh, T Suman, S Tiwary, Jakati, Dinda, Tyagi, Trivedi, Dole to name a few! We would have never known that such players existed in India. The IPL has indeed something that the Ranji, Duleep or Irani trophies have not been able to. Kudos!
But then there is also the other side of the IPL - sleazy! There is a pub in Hyderabad which shows matches live on large screens with - I am curious about this though - female umpires. And when you see the ads on display on roads you see how ridiculous it gets!!
Next up, the IPL puts phone numbers during matches below the score ticker. And you get to talk to the cheer leaders through those numbers. That business has a completely different name elsewhere.
As for yesterday's match - DC did well to keep their semi hopes alive. Yet another match that turned out to be a thriller after meandering at the beginning. But RCB seem to be spiraling downwards now. Jumbo did not look all pleased at the post match presentation and neither did Robin. The Baron and Baron prince seemed quite pissed off after the match. May be something to do with a South African who plays for England?
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