There is beauty in IPL, because the consumer loves it. And since it is a high money spinning game, the commercialization and rampant commoditization is but to be expected. And I like the cricket.
If DLF maximum was a sham, the citi moment of success is the gutter. A few gems Harsha Bhogle said the other day and a few years back:
On Average he is bowling straight, on the middle stump. (After the bowler had bowled two consecutive wides, one on leg and the other on off)
The questions you are putting me are indicative of our place in the society. (After the co commentator looks at Nita Ambani and asks HB, if she flies economy or in her own jet)
Many years ago, he appeared in a beach T shirt on the commentary box. Boycott ridiculed him for that and Harsha’s repartee was, there is something called letting your hair down, once in a while, but how would you know. (Boycott is bald)
Bhogle is genius. And the genius failed me.
And that’s a citi moment of success, the genius said in the IPL commentary for a boundary.
Harsha Sir, The fall hurt. The extra sessions after the matches were watched because Harsha Bhogle along with Gavaskar and Boycott would discuss the subtleties, and would crack a few jokes. So Cricket meant, the game the commentary and the after match/day analysis.
Whenever I watch IPL on weekends these days, the commentary is mostly near mute, and during extra innings I prefer 9Xm. The jokes are better there.
I think I am getting old, and out of sync with times.
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