It has been just 7 years since IPL found its way
into every Indian Cricket aficionado’s life. It came as a gust of wind and
resided inside the heart of each and every Indian for quite long. Let’s have a
look upon the Impact of IPL on Indian Cricket.
Initially it was a pure marketing tactics employed
by BCCI to cash upon the successful triumph of Indian cricket team in the 1st
T20 world cup. Fans went crazy as India won a world Cup after so long though it
was only in the shortest format of the game. But T20 cricket had already found
a place inside our heart.
IPL was launched and we Indians went gaga over it
and started selecting teams to cheer for and hence friends became rivals,
couples started fighting upon whose team is better, and there was a battle to
prove their supremacy in each and every corner of the country. This was the
initial impact of IPL on Indian Cricket and its devotees.
ADVANTAGES: The Positive Impact of IPL on Indian
Cricket:
Let’s have a look
upon the good impact of IPL on Indian Cricket. Initially
the main aim for a youngster taking up the game used to be playing in national
jersey for India and if they couldn’t make it they had to earn their livings
through domestic cricket which didn’t prove to be enough though one could live
and enjoy a decent life. Since IPL has come into the scenario the lesser known
players are getting more and more exposure and hence economically they are
getting better and living pretty good and luxurious life which is the dream of
each and every individual. It has inspired more parents to allow their kids to
take up cricket as career option. More importantly it has provided the growing
middle class a true entertainment as they don’t get much time to watch those hours’
long Test matches and even ODIs. It’s the impact of IPL on Indian Cricket that
nowadays you can find a tirelessly working individual watching and enjoying
each and every moments of the game as it goes like a 3 hour long movie which
contains all the elements like drama, action, thriller, and even comedies in
form of Siddhu’s never ending punches.
One
more positive impact of IPL on Indian Cricket is that it helps few talented
players to groom upto the international scenario easily. Few players like
Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit Sharma has found a place in the national side based upon
their IPL performances only. Though it can prove to be costly sometimes but
playing them in shorter formats in the international matches can prove to be
helpful.
DISADVANTAGES: The Adverse Impact of IPL on Indian
Cricket:
Slowly and slowly it started affecting the quality
of cricket in India and we cannot ignore the adverse impact of IPL on Indian Negative
Impact of IPL on Indian Cricket. Players started losing patience and were going
for shot on each and every ball. But the effect was not clearly visible in the
initial phase as we already had the services of likes of Tendulkar, Dravid,
Laxman, and Gambhir in best of their form and hence making it easy in the
longest format of the game. We were the no 1 test team in the world very soon.
So changing attitude of the young guns were not much to worry then as they were
playing shorter versions only and there one needs that attacking mindset. But
no one realized how IPL was forcing batsmen to adjust their technique
accordingly as they couldn’t leave each and every ball and hence had to adapt
themselves to play each and every ball which resulted in tendency to poke or edge
the ball and sometimes forced batsmen to play some unorthodox shots which could
be harmful in Test Cricket.
One example of this adverse impact of IPL on Indian
Cricket is the loss of Gambhir’s form who has formed a tendency to poke upon
the deliveries going far outside off stump. The same Gambhir who rewrote the
definition of patience and technique in that marathon innings in Napier where
he scored 137 in 436 balls, an innings spanning over a mammoth 643 minutes, has
been dismissed while poking and edging, numerous of times. This has been the
impact of IPL on Indian Cricket.
Bowlers too are affected badly as they have to
change their line and length accordingly and in that process they tend to lose
their actual rhythm. Spinners have to give up the art of flight and they form
the habit of darting the bowl into the batsmen. That causes them to lose their
charm in longest format of the game, the best example being Harbhajan Singh who has lost his place in the Indian Team but is doing well in the IPL. Here too you can see the adverse impact of
IPL on Indian Cricket.
One more negative impact of IPL on Indian cricket is
that it allows foreign players to read and adapt to the Indian conditions
easily and hence making it difficult for Indians in the international games
being played in subcontinent while same doesn’t happen with Indian team as they
don’t get to play in foreign leagues like Big Bash or SLPL.
