Now indian cricket on decline other sports like kabadi hockey futbal shud rise up on this occassion...and to add cricket woes dhoni gave shameless comment he said it is gud to finish match in 3 days we will get extra 2 days rest
I think no sport is sport any more these days ... in India. Post-IPL, unscrupulous businessmen and agents have understood the importance and scope for business in this form of human activity. All the sports are having franchisee-based short-duration high-pitched versions of tournaments ('leagues'), which I suspect have the only aim of garnering as much business as possible in a very short time frame and possibly betting and money laundering. I see these traits in all sports. All the sports are running such tournaments.
Now if this helps to develop the particular sport, I don't mind. But I doubt is any tournament for such short duration can contribute to development of the game. Moreover, the focus is on entertainment side, which I fail to accept. Cricket, Hockey, Kabaddi, Tennis, football, Boxing, wrestling, all are having these.
Call me old timer (which I am), pessimistic, or whatever, I really do not know if these are good in the long run ...
IMO, as time goes on we will see a move away from the IPL-style. Franchise leagues will remain but they will be longer and less like the IPL as that way businessmen will take the most out of them.
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Tell no of boys u hit???