Trash IPL

The white man’s game has become a burden for ordinary Indian citizens because of the corrupt practices associated with it. It is pity to see the ace bowler of Indian Cricket Sreesanth in face-covered black attire resembling a D-company member amidst the police men for an offence he committed. The new version of the gentleman’s game called 20-20 and IPL made all gentlemen into greedy-unscrupulous frauds. The IPL viewers all over the world have been cheated by the players for a hefty sum in tune with 20 or 40 lakhs.

The fraud relating IPL is questionable and the involvement of film stars in IPL is unwarranted.  IPL has become a display place for the players and film stars to make blue the entertainment. And this is done through cheer girls, after-match parties, spot-fixing, making women usable commodities, designer labels and others. It is the larger political-film-economy which is predominantly unsporting and for that we should put an end. In the case of IPL, the advertisements seem to overwhelm the game itself. The glamour-crazed film stars, ever greedy cricket players, channel promoters, liquor barons and big corporates  are spoiling the game and the people. So it is high time to trash the IPL.

K A Solaman 
The Deccan Chronicle published on 19-5-13