Twenty20 is loved worldwide for its big hits, fiery atmospheres, large crowds and guaranteed entertainment for spectators. This is due to it being shorter and therefore grips a larger audience tighter than 5 day Test matches ever could.
The IPL is an Indian league consisting of 10 professional franchises such as the Delhi Daredevils, Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. Each franchise has an owner who bids for players. The more money they have the better players they can buy to strengthen their teams. Similar to the NFL draft but with whole teams and is re-auctioned every year. The IPL was the first ever sporting competition to be broadcast live entirely on YouTube, due to broadcasting conditions. However four years after the competition was first set up, it can now be seen on ITV4 in the UK and on several other channels around the world.
This competition has carried a lot of controversy and unfortunate events with it from the outset, from staging it in South Africa in 2009 due to electoral violence and crisis in India at the time, to players choosing to play for money rather than their country which I feel is a terrible attitude to take. Also the chairman has always received a lot of criticism from other board members due to again money reasons.
I feel the IPL is a great spectacle however for a sport which is supposed to be very traditional is having too much money being thrown at it, hence the controversy and the dislike from older members of society. I think the concept should be re –considered and a half way house be constructed in its place.
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| "Royal Challengers Bangalore" their bought team |
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| Players Love The Competition Despite Money?? |
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| Thousands of People Come To The Matches |
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| "6's" Aren't Rare In This Format of Cricket |
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