How crazy can future IPLs be!

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Let us crane our neck amidst all the festivities of IPl-5 to see what IPL-6, 7 and 8 can add to the delicacy to and make it more delicious! Something like choosing your own bowler can do wonders to the entertainment format.Find out more here!

A)     Ten over and two innings format? Make it an entertainment filled   two innings of ten overs each. There is no time to settle now! And guess what? The thrill picks up and so do the slogs.  The test match injection into twenty 20 cricket would be a delight to watch!

B)      Six is less when you have Eights and Tens!!. Ever wondered  if Gayle’s powerful six that thrashed the upper stands deserved more than the just-made-it six of Kaif. Justice will be delivered in terms of runs now. Longer you hit, more you get. SIX, EIGHT and TEN. Go give all you got!

C)      Choose your bowler. If batsman hits six boundaries in a row. He gets to decide the bowler he wants to face in next over!  With the clause that selected bowler must have already bowled in the format at least once before. Imagine batsman choosing his favourite bunny for the massacre.Now, that would be fun and worth the six boundaries!

D)     New teams? Yes, we have got bored seeing the warriors, chargers and daredevils lock horns. What about  giving Kanpur fanatics, Indore Tigers, Baroda  tusks and Vellore Topguns a shot? New jerseys. New stadiums. New cheer girls. Some benchwarmers getting involved! And a new local support  group altogether! I would love to see Pathan brothers playing for Baroda together and Dravid playing at his sasural. Worth giving it a shot!

E)      Mid IPL auctions? Things not working? Trade off some players not firing midway through IPL. That ensures no team gets the stick due to some off-form star players. There is a lot of brain racking to do!!

F)      Foreign players allowed are flexible. If you win three games in a row, you can as have many as foreign players as you want in the fourth game! This can encourage a lot of benchwarmers who miss out just due to the only four criteria.

G)     Include Pak players? Yes, Umar Gul and Ajmal can add to the spices. Just talk the issue over and make cricket a friendly bridge. A talented bunch of players are missing out amidst political tensions.

H)     Free hit on wides:  A wide deserves as much respect as a no-ball does. A sin is a sin. Then, why not the freehit on wide?

I)        Declare player?Mr. Captain, Is your batter playing little dabs out there when you desperately need boundaries? Call him back and send the next padded batsman who is itching to slam around the park! This is a little harsh but works fine for the team and the evil captain :D

Why IPL should have team pools

Time to ponder?
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Imagine eating your favourite cuisine two times a day for over two months. It won’t be favourite anymore.  That is IPL for you gentlemen. With ten teams playing each other twice, the number of matches in Ipl-4 was a behemoth number stretching over two months. IPL-5 hasn’t learned a lesson though. The bonanza has featured a needlessly long league stage since its inception year. By the time the knock-out stage arrives, the excitement is all gone. The body language of some teams wears off, only adding fuel to the fire. The extended format has pruned off the list of international matches. The four and five test tours have become a rarity. Even if a country does long tours, the practice matches feel the heat. The lucrative idea of raking in moolah is apparently preventing the organizers to make IPL a shorter tournament. What it needs is a pool system for league matches, much like ICC tournaments. That would also make the tournament viewer’s delight .The absurd schedule of frequent travelling makes no sense, only fatiguing the cricketers. Cheteshwar Pujara, for instance, picked up an injury in last IPL that took ten months to recover. After his good knock in South Africa, he squandered the opportunity to play in Australia and England. These are series that can make or break careers. Shorter formats, say wrapping up in 20 days, would also ensure that key players are not unavailable for international duty. The scheduling can be effectively planned at time of dormant international calendar. The idea of organizing IPL was to help bud cricketers for international cricket but probably that was a masquerade of some evil minds to make money hand over fist. The signs are frightening for cricket but is anyone listening?