The whole cricketing world is going Bonkers at the mention of the Indian Premier League. Supposed to be the next biggest thing to happen to the cricketing world since Kerry Packer, I have to say it has been a letdown for me. It's not the matches....it's the packaging that sucks. Take a few guys from the Sony soaps and put them in the anchor's seat. Their lines seem very forced and the kind of spontaneity that you see from someone like Harsh Bhogle is zilch...non existant..they go according to the rehearsed lines and still make a royal mess out of it. The commentary team sucks big time...ICL had a great commentary team..Even with little known faces on the field, listening to the commentary made it worthwhile....here even though the superstars and the international players are lighting up the scene, we hear Arun Lal saying how the batsman "skied the ball in the air". That acts like a literal haddi in the kabab....spoils the taste of the whole thing. Moving on, the camera men seem to be in a hurry to get somewhere...often they cannot wait the microsecond to determine where the ball has actually gone....Someone playing a cover drive and gets an edge. The viewers can see that the ball has gone towards mid off but the camera is in a hurry and pans towards the extra cover region. By the time they realise the mistake, the ball has been fielded and returned to the bowler. That's really low quality camera work. Not something expected in such a high profile event. Don't even get me s
RE:The Letdown that is IPL
by Vijay Durai on Apr 22, 2008 12:27 PM Permalink
Its a good ppoint u got out in public Mr. Venu. The quality of criclet aswell the sub std commentry, no knowledge of info, throwing few pretty faces, shabby qustions asked to umpires n players.... its really bad. I think the BCCI has no clue whts happenin around. thy got thier bucks n jst moved on. The ICL was better packed with proper criclet info and was more thrill to wtch the young indians do good. Lets hope the IPL std improve as days go by or this will have the same effect of WC in west indies.
RE:The Letdown that is IPL
by The Fuhrer on Apr 22, 2008 12:18 PM Permalink
yes..agreed...set max sucks..bunch of jokers in the commentory panel..bad camera work..and last but not least fullll of adds..
