As the second season of IPL is firing up, similar to Wrestlemania in WWE, this whole show of cricket is a well organized and appreciable drama for which you require talent to fool people around. Just like how Undertaker is maintaining his Wrestlemania undefeated streak, Lalit Modi has succeeded once again by conducting IPL 2.
This is how, from the very entry music, the chills created by The Undertaker (a.k.a. Deadman) and the mind games he plays both in the minds of his opponents (provided, if they are really wrestling) and in the mind of audience. No one can ever replace this man's record and create a new history as this man did in the World of Wrestling Entertainment. With superstars like Undertaker, Kane and few other critically acclaimed wrestlers, this "entertainment" has transformed into "mania".
The same is happening in the case of IPL. Apart from the normal T20s (i.e small matches in WWE for Tag team championship etc.), this IPL, (oh god, spare this ICL.... its an accident) is like Wrestlemania. Gone are the days, when cricket was also called as "Gentleman's game". Spending millions of money from small promos like pen, t-shirts etc. till buying Andrew Flintoff for Chennai Super Kings.And i wonder why this concept of cheer leaders was borrowed !!
This man created ripples by creating unnecessary scenes and drama, starting from Indian Politics, by the name of security lapse for his IPL2. Its not sane enough to expect security personnel in India guarding stadiums at time of elections here, and he must also be wary of the capabilities of our Home Minister's potential to turn a small prick into an elephant, as he did for giving some funny interviews and reports regarding the provision of security personnel. The show, however didn't stop here. It took a flight to South Africa (mind you, along with Cheer Leaders).
Once again high drama was created there. Some of the notable ones are the interviews of Kolkatta Knight Riders' coach and Dada regarding his captaincy in the media and how Saurav tried that Sreesanth's show, (remember how he cried after getting a slap from Harbhajan) and some on field dramas like misfieldings, and how players forcefully drop the balls which would've successfully landed in their hands and the most hilarious incident in the match between Deccan Chargers and Chennai Super Kings on 04.05.2009. I don't know how Dhoni was coolly watching a silly misfielding by Jakati and an easy run out of Dwayne Smith’s. It could have been 1 for 4, but perhaps CSK's captain would have got instructions to do a "clumsy drama".
Come on folks, wake up !!!! These are all pre-fixed matches which are done legally, under the framework recognized by ICC. Cricket is not viewed as a sport any more, but similar to that of CRICMANIA which is unhealthy. Money is unnecessarily channeled for a sport which is already hooked up, unless it's genuine.
The worst part of all these issues is that, in the recent past few politicians wanted cricket to be made as the "national sport".
Let us not forget that hockey is our "national sport". If at least some 25% of what is being spent on cricket is spent for hockey, our National sport will flourish.
