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A nasty addiction called IPL.

Can we please get on with our lives??Once again all the public is glued to their televisions day in day out.The show business is back.IPL is becoming colossal with each passing year.Business tycoons and mega Bollywood stars investing crore’s in all the teams. But the breaking News is a nasty addiction.It has become face for any good Test batsman.Apparently these days if you are a mega-star and not associated with IPL then you ain’t that famous!There is no doubt that these guys has the best odds to win the titles especially because their focus is mainly on that.

Actually people are not bothered about getting to the bottom of this sleazy affair?Come on let's face it.There is something awfully sexy about observing women cheerleading and dancing in testosterone pumping outfits and plunging necklines that makes viewers escpecially go weak in the knees.IPL has certainly added oomph value to the game. Mandira was not hired for her cricketing knowledge….which include the super glamourous team owners.For one thing its good these youngsters can have optional jobs as Munni or sheela in future.

Most cheerleaders for these teams come here because sports activity has became more intercultural and diverse. They are not here to make money,they mostly come to see India, experience the tradition, culture and, of course, they find dancing is a medium to achieve it.Also they are getting a chance to travel a lot.While as cheerleaders, these women have to sport Western dresses, they actually love wearing "traditional accessories such as bangles, bindi, nose rings, necklaces. Back home, they are bankers, school teachers or dancers. But many young women have come to India from foreign shores like Ukraine, Russia, Belgium and Norway as cheerleaders for the Indian Premier League (IPL), attracted not by the money but by the country's culture and tradition.

It's for no other reason that so many non-performers as well as discards start performing so well in this heady cocktail format.Hat's off to them.Death of decent cricket and decent journalism owes a small debt to these Business tycoons and mega Bollywood stars too.These days its there is also social networking forms.Ant the last worst news i heard is what Karan Thapar massaging Kapil Sibal’s brazen attempt at pre-screening content on the internet.Or much better ,is to watch Koel Puri's ‘On the couch with Koel’than this bugging eye treat.I wonder what’s coming up next.Perhaps the players might revive their patchy form and up their work ethic and actually win some games in future.

IPL has become an intoxicating idiosyncrasy cocktail of cricket & bollywood.But however lets pray, decent cricket won't ever die.

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