Pros and Cons of the Indian Premier League

PRO – Competitive

IPL is indeed the most competitive domestic tournament in the whole world

When the best players from all over the cricketing globe feature in one competition, there can’t be any denying that it is indeed the most competitive domestic tournament in the whole world.

The Big Bash League might be the best T20 league in the whole world, but it can’t challenge IPL in terms of stardom since almost all the best T20 players in the world feature in India’s premier T20 competition.

Since Indian players aren’t allowed to play in outside T20 leagues, the other leagues automatically lose some greatness, since the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma don’t feature in them.

Hence, this gives IPL a full set of world-class players that set the standard of the tournament’s competitiveness to its pinnacle. This, in turn, makes sure that the players featuring in it are actually improving their skills and becoming better as cricketers.

CON – Excessive commercialism

The amount of money squandered in the Indian Premier League almost borders on obscene and oozes a sort of capitalism. There are sponsors for every possible thing, be it 4s or 6s. There are two strategic time-outs as well in a T20 game that have the mark of sponsors dug in them.

And we will refrain from going to the Bollywood angle altogether.

This approach by BCCI has made IPL more of a showbiz than a sporting tournament. As we watch a game, we can’t help but wonder whether this is actually sporting event or an epithet of entertainment.