Bring World Cup Else No IPL

IPL 2011

World Cup 2011

The four year awaited  ICC World Cup 2011 is scheduled to begin from 19th February. The ICC cricket world cup is an international championship that held every four year since 1975.  14 of the world’s best teams are going to compete in it as a part of either of the two groups. 4 best from one group will face the corresponding 4 best from the other group in 4 quarter finals which will be knockout matches. Then 4 winners so achieved will play two semi finals to get the final playing 2 teams out of which will emerge the victorious on 2^nd april.  

Only six days after the conclusion of the World Cup 2011, the Indian Premier League-4 will start on 8th April. Indian Premier League (IPL) is Twenty20 cricket competition in India that is held every year since 2008. There are 10 teams in all containing a mix of players in each team from different nations as a result of auctions held for the same a few months before the tournament.

The Difference:

Both championships employ different forms of cricket. ICC world cup uses one day format of the game in which both teams bat and bowl for 50 overs each whereas IPL makes use of a 20 over match format. A 20 over match is a short, condensed and action packed game with no time to think or make strategy. Full focus is on batsmen and boundaries are looked forward to.

IPL is all about selling cricket of entertainment in the best package to the largest market of the world : India. ICC World cup on the contrary enjoys the legacy of the oldest cricket cup that has been held by the greatest players, legends of cricket. A player plays for his nation which is a proud feeling. Fame and money come along.

Minds of men are easily corrupted. Quick money, fame and popularity has taken place of pride for one’s nation. Some say that ICC World cup is not affected by IPL and let us hope that proves to be true in this world cup when India comes out with flying colours, else it would be a shame for a country of 11 billion fans. IPL has been recently seen to dominate over the ICC World Cup in terms of popularity but that is simply not enough to overshadow the greatest cricket mania ICC World Cup: The cup that matters.