IPL (Indian Premier League)

IPL definitely marks a new beginning of an era of cricket where games goes short-crisp and fast. This format is a huge hit at list this point of time and I think this will be the future of cricket. Now there was a lot of debate before the tournament starts or even after it got kicked off about the effect of this cricket "Tamasha" on the present forms of the game. I think this is not going to affect the test cricket which is the mother form of all. But definitely this will mark the end of the attraction of one day cricket. Simply because, one day format was made to make Cricket short from the test format but, now people have even less time to watch a full one-day game. So T20 is appropriate for the present generation. In the disadvantage front, I think this will erode out playing skill as T20 requires making run fast. Also T20 means a lot of cricket would be played now in the year. So players should be more cautious now so that they do not play in excessive matches in the lure of money. Yes, this money aspect is also going to affect cricket now. After the IPL auction of players, people were actually shocked to see how much money poured in cricket. This will no doubt make this sport even more popular. And the cricketers will surely get their due now. Even in the lighter note I think, parents now motivate their children to get into this sport more than the "study hard" stuff. So this generation of boys would have a better life than us for sure :) They will play more Crickets and get a good chance to make their carrier in cricket.

Ganguly, Tendulkar... time for retirement?

I really think it's the time for Ganguly and Tendulkar say bye the international cricket. My personal view is they are great players and they achieved a lot in there long career. But it's really not done that they are blamed by people and media for there poor form and attitude towards the team member.

I think they should understand they have achieved a lot and they don't have anything to prove now. I don't think they have any chance to play in the next world cup after four years. So what is that for they are playing now?

In my opinion they should retire and if they really want to be in touch with cricket, they can easily do so. In fact they can help Indian team and others with their experience.