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 Cricket has evolved from an all white five day game to one-day game. It then transformed a part of it to the day and night games giving huge relief to the viewers and the players of course. Time changed and the whites were replaced by different colors on the field. With changing pace of the human thought and belief and to bring more excitement in the game a new format was introduced in the form of T20. 

All this happened in just a few decades. It may be called as evolution or degeneration, according to the viewpoint you hold, there is no denying of the fact that the game gained popularity, excitement and of course money.

Asian countries, particularly India & Pakistan have a huge population which considers Cricket as religion. This is the only factor that India Inc bank upon the crickets the most. It also has impacted the other sports in India though one may not agree largely on this. Here comes IPL with yet another form of the game- on the lines of English Premier League, though the idea was first materialized by Subhash Chandra led ZEE group when they introduced ICL last year. Was it successful or not that’s a different story.

With imported (Hollywood style) cheerleaders, dancing to the tunes of Bollywood, Stars from Bollywood and India Inc joining in the crazy Indian cricket fans, Bangalore is all set to kick-off the IPL- an Indian version of T20 Cricket.

In the next one and a half month approximately, IPL with a taste of Bollywood masala in it is going to present the most sought after gamble that would land the big tycoons from different industries, who have spent billions to have the teams and players of their choice, in sea. It may also have a positive outcome that may change the entire outlook of the game of cricket all over the world.

In an attempt to make it a look alike of professional sports models of baseball, basketball and football, IPL would try to switch the loyalty of an Indian cricket fan. Tendulkar bowled out by Brett Lee is never enjoyed in India at large, which may not be the case this time. As it happened in PHL, a Pakistani player beating Indian goalkeeper would result into CHAK DE, which no longer is the case. .

Has BCCI given birth to BHASMASURA, who may ruin the richest board of world cricket?