Friday, April 25, 2008

IPL MANIA: PRESPECTIVE ON DILEMMA OF A ‘FAN’.

Suddenly I realize what dilemma I’m caught up in…n all thanx 2 IPL frenzied country of ours. Well not tht I m a cricket buff- no…believe me, but wid d entire country,& y go so far, even my family and frnds r going ga-ga over this IPL Fever.
I m being forced into all this just so as to be a part of d crowd. But that’s not even my real dilemma. My real point is what sud I support in IPL…cricketer? Teams? Or celebrities?
Mixing of all these 3 is making it all go haywire 4 me.
See normal cricket I get…one-days and test matches n even 20-20s.
But aren’t v all alrdy so divided in name of cricket- national team, international teams, this cricketer or that one, etc. then I don’t get it y would 1 like to bring in more elements in this gap?
Well in this IPL, even further divided is d fact that here even cricketer taking part r a mix of national & international stars. Teams r being owned by either bollywood celebrities or big business magnets. Even bollywood stars r going in different directions to provide support (as brand ambassadors) for either their hometown teams or their friend’s teams.
IPL mania is catching up like a fire in d jungle. Save yourself from dis alignment, is all I can think of as of now. So far, it is the inspiration drawn from d ‘non-alignment movement’ initiated by certain developing and underdeveloped countries of d wrld, during the time of Cold War. This solution is appealing to me d most 2 save myself from these dilemmas.

Whom should I follow…
Cricketers- national or international hotties that I love 2 see(rather stare at…hehehe)?
Teams- my hometown team or the teams of the place where I earn my livelihood (gladly 4 me both r one…but this can b a question 4 others, I guess) or one that my favorite stars own.
Or Bollywood?

Like I would now cite my example here.
Home team- Delhi- Delhi daredevils.
Favorite star- SRK- his team Kolkata Knight Riders.
Now which should I support being an ok-ok fan or cricket but a a great lover of Delhi and also of bollywood as well.
Where should, or rather where do, my ‘loyalties’ lie in such scenario.

Delhi daredevil or Knight Riders?
Akshay kumar or SRK?
Sehewag or Ganguly?

Mumbai Indians or Kings XI?
Ambani or Priety Zinta?
Dhoni or Yuvraj?
Bollywood or Bhangra?

Why do I still ask…..its all IPL.