Cricket as a Profession

Cricket is regarded to be a practical career option as opined by a superstar, in a daily newspaper, a short while ago. I read it and felt it to be a perfect statement. Till few years ago, in India, most of the accountable parents and the adults took sports as a whole to be a pass time. For them it was a satisfaction to watch and permitted kids to play whatever they like to, during free time, just for relaxation, fun and wellness.

The sports situation has absolutely changed in India. Many thanks to all the cricket stars along with our other sports celebrities such as Abhinav Bindra (shooting), Sania Mirza (tennis), and a huge list of sports celebrities to follow. Still, there is a whooping distinction among cricket and other sports. Cricket delivers in instant stardom. It offers name and fame within a very short time. The choice for cricket has increased by many folds in the last four years quite considerably. The full credit goes to the cricket competition started in 2008 in India named Indian Premier League famously known as IPL.

Level of popularity of Cricket

India is a cricket loving country. From kids to adults, male or female, common to famous, almost every Indian love to watch cricket. Kids and youths love to play cricket than any other sports. This is not a matter of few years. Cricket has enjoyed this privilege from long back and now it has gained a huge reputation among all the segments due to lots of competitions and glamorous media coverage. Among the cricket tournaments IPL has played an essential role.

Launch of IPL

Today, I’m fascinated in discussing the various advantages of IPL. Well prior to going into it let me give you and launch of IPL. It started four years ago in 2008 and it is the brain-child of Mr. Lalit Modi, the 1st chairman of this famous event. It was a sports event with full of extravaganza and immediately it became popular among all the cricket loving countries. It is a Twenty20 cricket event which is also known as T20. In 2008, when it started it had eight teams. This cricket tournament does not comprise any nation rather it is played almost like club tournaments. IPL consists of Indian cricketers and foreign cricketers too. Each team has a franchise. Every choice regarding the team, the cricketers even their bills, the control and the assistance staff is to be taken by the owners that are the franchises. One very exciting aspect of IPL is the choice of cricketers. The players are just not chosen for any particular team by the franchise but the various franchises bid for the cricketers of their choice. The franchise who is the highest bidder for the particular player wins the putting in a bid and the player has to join that team.