IPL Season 4,5,6 and beyond

IPL 1:

• Indian cricket team has recently become the world champions of T20 cricket. 
• A billion cricket crazy people are hungry for more T20 action. Mr. Lalit Modi caters to the demand. 
• Bollywood & Corporate India buy stake in cricket. 
• Corporate India expects that their efforts pay off. Dr. Mallya realizes that not all investments yield handsome returns. 
• The dutiful citizens of India endure the masala version of the game. 

IPL 2:

• Modi takes 'Indian' Premier League to RSA. That's SACRILEGE - It's like the world cup played on Jupiter. But  that doesn't bother cricket fans one bit.
• k..k...k... King Khan learns a lesson. Hype and over the top publicity can sell stuff like 'OSO' and not 'KKR'. Poor performance of the team and 'fakeiplplayer' add to his worries.
• Models don the role of expert commentators and cheerleaders get more popular than some of the players.
• The dutiful citizens of India silently endure

IPL 3:

• Movie makers refrain from releasing their movies during the IPL season. IPL matches instead get screened on the silver screens.
• Terminologies of the game change. A hit for six runs become 'DLF Maximum', A significant wicket becomes 'Citi moment of success'. A mundane catch becomes, 'Karbon Kamaal Catch' & a dumb blinking balloon becomes the mark of 'Cricketing Excellence' of a nation. 
• The drummers, Bhangra dancers, DJ's become mandatory at every ground. Cheerleaders get more cheekier with every passing game. 
• Enjoying the madness (dubbed as sporting ambiance) at the stadium becomes the prime interest of the crowd. Cricket being just a pretext.
• The dutiful citizens from the land-of-Gandhi endure

IPL 4: 

• After every ball, the cameraman points to a random billboard and the commentator dutifully delivers the rehearsed phrases. 
• Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone and the other brand ambassadors of the teams share space with the cheerleaders to improve the visibility of the team.
• BCCI allows the suspension of the team logo from the helmet so as to accommodate that of another sponsor. 
• BCCI introduces variable pay for the players. The payment made being directly proportional to the value they can earn the team though Ad's and other promotional events. 
• The dutiful citizens of BharatVarsh endure.

IPL 5:

• KKR team players perform item numbers at all metro as a part of the teams PR activity.
• Political parties buy out IPL teams. They implement reservation system in bid to improve representation from the backward sections of the community.
• IPL cricketers campaign at the political rallies as a part of PR/Team building activity.
• The dutiful citizens of the country endure.

 IPL 6:

• SBI offers insurance for IPL teams covering their financial losses.
• The cricket bat is replaced with baseball bat for IPL. Over 500 'DLF Maximums' get pounded. Commentators opine that IPL is not toptally a batsman's game. There is still something for the talented bowlers.
• Trailers of the upcoming movies are played at the Eden Gardens between the overs. 
• Corporate movies are shown at Wankhede during the strategic time outs. 
• RCB offers welcome drink (no prize for guessing which brand) to the audience at their home pitch.
• The dutiful citizens of the country endure.

IPL 7:

• I admit. I cannot think of anything more bizarre and demeaning about the game. 
• But I am sure, if something worse was still to happen, the dutiful citizens of India will endure.

Read more