IPL marks novel era in World Cricket history

In a few hours from now the highly acclaimed BCCI backed Indian Premier League (IPL) will mark a beginning of a new era in the history of World cricket. This is a historical leap from five days of Test cricket to the slam-bang version of Twenty20 that had gone through lot of transition over a period of time.

The Kolkata Knight Riders and Bangalore Royal Challengers inaugural IPL face-off will embark the game of cricket to find new horizons in its own galaxy at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore later tonight.

The game of cricket has evolved tremendously after sailing through different stages, with a rapid growth off late, since the time it has come into existence. The game of cricket has been gradually transformed from pride to stakes.

There was a time when cricket was played only for the pride of the country but for now it is played due to the enormous amount of financial stakes involved in it. The newly-fangled IPL has not only involved cricket in it but also a multimillion-dollar business that is going alongwith it.

The IPL body has raised a colossal amount of money even before a single ball has been bowled in the historical 44-day cricketing carnival that has attracted overriding attention from all corners of the World.

The Television rights of the league have been sold for $1bn. The auction of the 8 franchise teams, which will take part in a total of 59 matches, raised a further $723m. The stage has been set in a way that it has guaranteed sure-shot success before hand.

All roads of the city of gardens will lead to the Chinnaswamy stadium with the whole world will surely be coming to standstill in front of their television sets as this form of cricket has a mix of song and dance with lilting music all the way through pushing the entertainment factor to the hilt.

It is basically ‘Cricket-tainment’, an absolute blend of cricket with entertainment which will take the game into a new sphere.

But the big question that is crossing across the hearts of millions of people is whether entertainment will overshadow cricket or will it augment the game of cricket taking it to an entirely different level?

Well for that you have to wait for another 43 days, as only then you could be able to find the apposite answer of your niggling query.