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It will be the kids who love the jerseys and the dads who get a break from the soaps every evening.
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It will be the fan who cares about fun, music, cheerleaders and the odd mexican wave. So who really will watch the IPL? Will it be the stats freak or the one who knows all the results and the players? Our guess is it will be neither. But a subtle change is starting to make it's presence felt and while it make work for a majority, it's not necessarily good strategy. The catch words were India, exposure, youngsters cricket, improvement. The IPL, went if first came along, was all about cricket. And more will turn to just mocking the IPL fan.
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Still others will go off for a summer vacation. So they are somehow hoping to widen the base and to an extent they have even succeeded.īut no die-hard Test cricket fan will tell you he loves the IPL - in fact, he'll turn it around and say that's when I get my yearly break from cricket. So why is the BCCI trying to carve out a completely new niche for the IPL?īy doing this, the BCCI is clearly trying to tap into the market that doesn't really care about cricket. The point one is trying to make here is that the NBA has the cheerleaders, the MLB has the big contracts but they still focus on the sport, on the players. The 2012 had a simple tag-line: The Best Ever. The NBA regularly brings out adverts which talk about the 'greatest' game. The tag line is simple - Legends are made in October. The IPL is based on the NBA, the MLB and the EPL - taking bits and pieces of all that's good about these leagues and producing something that's as good but if that is really the case, then why is the IPL trying to alienate the hardcore cricket follower?Ī look at the season-preview advertisement for Major League Baseball reveals that baseball is all about the players. But if you are a serious cricket fan would you switch off during the IPL or embrace the madness? Reuters