IPL feeds off international players
The Indian Premier League is a good thing, so long as we understand that it’s only fun because it attracts Test and one- day stars from around the world, writes Alex Parker, in the Johannesburg-based Times .
Nishi Narayanan
25-Feb-2013
The Indian Premier League is a good thing, so long as we understand that it’s only fun because it attracts Test and one- day stars from around the world, writes Alex Parker, in the Johannesburg-based Times.
If not, TV money will devour the sport. Once it is done, it’ll spit out the corpse, which will by then consist of a Twenty20 championship in India, some low-level club tournaments around the world, international “friendlies”, a la soccer, and that’s about it.
Eventually, even the IPL will have nowhere to find its international superstars, and then the game will have eaten itself in a frenzy of greed and TV rights.
Meanwhile in iafrica.com Rob Peters asks what's not to like about the IPL.
While I enjoy Test cricket as much as the next guy, I do not view the T20 format as a naughty child. Truthfully, it only adds to the game for me. You have all the elements that make cricket such a great game with the added excitement of huge hitting, fierce bowling and a carnival atmosphere. I’m not about to complain about dancing girls either!
Nishi Narayanan is a staff writer at ESPNcricinfo