IPL Auction and a million emotions
Sold or unsold - these two words will trigger two extreme emotions
The pressure of the upcoming IPL auctions has got to players. Whispers are turning louder and the BCCI hasn't helped matters by holding the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy so close to the auctions. Insecurity has bred in. Teammates have become rivals and their biggest competitors. One cricketer admits, "The talk is happening in hushed tones, but in no secrecy. Maybe not during the match but surely before and after that. It's but natural. IPL is important for our careers."
IPL has become a theatre where everyone wants to perform, but the trials are a crowded affair. The hunger for spotlight is real and they are all laying their emotions bare. The tattoos and fancy hair-dos are there, but the 'I'm sexy and I know it' persona has taken a massive beating.
As much as a million raw emotions are out on display, Cricket is not Bollywood. Only and only his game will get him the required attention.
A host of cricketers have entered India's premier domestic tournament in an emotionally fragile state. For now, not many have the patience to look at their careers beyond January 28. Patience was never a virtue T20 cricket propagated. The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy has become a tamasha of emotions, where the Satan within has kept Gabriel at bay.
For Indian cricketers - national or domestic, never in a calendar comes a day where all their emotions would collectively ride on such extremes at the behest of two words - sold and unsold.
The pressure of the upcoming IPL auctions has got to players. Whispers are turning louder and the BCCI hasn't helped matters by holding the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy so close to the auctions. Insecurity has bred in. Teammates have become rivals and their biggest competitors. One cricketer admits, "The talk is happening in hushed tones, but in no secrecy. Maybe not during the match but surely before and after that. It's but natural. IPL is important for our careers."IPL has become a theatre where everyone wants to perform, but the trials are a crowded affair. The hunger for spotlight is real and they are all laying their emotions bare. The tattoos and fancy hair-dos are there, but the 'I'm sexy and I know it' persona has taken a massive beating.
As much as a million raw emotions are out on display, Cricket is not Bollywood. Only and only his game will get him the required attention.
A host of cricketers have entered India's premier domestic tournament in an emotionally fragile state. For now, not many have the patience to look at their careers beyond January 28. Patience was never a virtue T20 cricket propagated. The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy has become a tamasha of emotions, where the Satan within has kept Gabriel at bay.
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