Glamorized Sports

Indian Premier League 2020,is being held in UAE(outstation) but flagship sporting events like Olympics and ICC World Cup postponed in view of alarming rate of infection of Coronavirus.

This clearly manifests that Cricket is losing its relevance and glamour and money has replaced it. Entertainment is at the centre and sporting spirit has no place in today's time.

IPL is now a new revolution in Indian cricket where young budding talents get the chance to show their cricketing abilities.Once,Ranji and other domestic tournaments used to be the launchpad for young emerging talents where the player's temperament, perseverance, endurance used to be checked in what we call test cricket.But those days are gone now.IPL is a kind of hard and fast rule for unleashing players particularly when shorter formats of the game is being preferred.

These things may look fascinating but it's not good for the game as a whole.A tradition where players are being auctioned and franchises are showering money on them.The players become stars from IPL and the game is totally in the grip of capitalism.These tournaments have lowered the status of cricket and players and franchises are in the limelight for their big finances.The game is a mere entertainment package where money is being thrown and the sentiments of being a national player is out of the light.

A player's price and worth is fixed on the basis of bidding amount.

Cheerleaders and multimedia celebrate every wicket and fours and sixes.Although there is no cheerleader and spectators in the park this time to ensure social distancing.But, virtual fanbase and many other digitally viable options are there to cheer the players out there.Global live broadcast is available and experience is quite similar to what it used to be in previous years for spectators who cherish the game from their drawing rooms.

These tournaments have also given rise to corruption in cricket like fixing and we have already seen a few players barred from playing for the nation.Anyway they can't do anything as they are captive of big money and temptation of money is such that national sentiments lags behind and the desire to earn money comes foremost.

Cricket industry witnessed topsy-turvy kind of things over the last many years.A new platform has been created to enhance the opportunity for young cricketers where they showcase their skills and get the chance to play for their country especially when T20 cricket is in prevalence and test cricket is at its doomsday.In the end, bidding and auction may seem fascinating but it's not good for the game in long run as it surely lowers the national spirit among the players but it's a good  for young players to get exposure playing with internationally acclaimed sportsmen.

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