Global following for IPL

IPL drew positive reactions from the rest of the Asia also. In Pakistan, the reception was described as

"massive" The matches were telecast live in GEO Super. The matches also generated interest in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, despite only one Bangladeshi player being involved. The following in the subcontinental nations was aided by the prime time telecast of the matches as they belong to adjacent time zones.

The IPL became a big hit in South Africa due to a large composition of South Asians in their population.Another reason for the success is that the second edition of IPL was hosted at South Africa drawing massive crowds from he country as well as the other countries in the subcontinent.

The IPL did not garner much interest in Australia and New Zealand due to time defferences. However, in recent times the IPL has gained a much larger fan-base among mainly South East Asian students in these two countries although due to the introduction  of Australian and New Zealand players the viewer ship amongst the general public is slowly increasing.

The third season of IPL saw interest rise dramatically in the United Kingdom. This was, in part, due to TV coverage switching to free to view channel. Previous editions of IPL were aired on the now defunct channel Setanta,which entered administration in 2009. James Macloed stated, "We are delighted with the viewing figures of th IPL so far. The ratings for ITV4s coverage have been around seven or eight times those achieved by Setanta last year, and we're delighted to be bringing the competition to a wider audience' Lalit Modi, former Chairman  and Commissioner of IPL also expressed immense satisfaction on the way IPL has been acepted by the British audience. "ITV beats Sky Sports over the weekend in  number of viewers. This is great going.The ITV numbers are double that of rugby league. This is huge by all imaginations. UK figures for viewership on ITV already 10 times that of last year. This is just fantastic news, "he said.

adventures of KKR

Right then-this is the first of my previews ahead of the mega -hype that is the IPL. I will be starting with teams that i don't really like and end with my favourites 

KKR are easily the flashiest team, but following their first ever match where B-Mac slammed a hundred and BCR collapsed they have spiralled. Downwards, that is.

Team politics and management heaven't been great,really unfortunate for SRK who has provoded the money to buy the best players and coaches. Not the uniform though that;s hideous 

Sourav Ganguly cheteshwar pujare, chari Langeveldt, chirag pathak, lqbal Abdulla, G vingesh, Bredon Mc cullum Angelo mathews, Wriddhiman Saha, Ajit Agarkar, Chris Gayle, Manoj Tiwary, Rohan GAvaskar, Harshad Khadiwale, Varun Aaron, Eklak Ahmed, Owais Shah Murali Karhik Brad Hodge Ajantha Mendis Laxmi Lakshmi sukla ashok dinda Ishant Sharma Shane Bond.

Issues:

One would think that with B-Mac and Gaylestorm at the top with much-loved captain saurav Ganguly in the middle, as well as do-it-all Aussie Brad Hodge, and star spinners in Mendis and Murali KKR would be great to go. But as we know, the first two tend to blow hot and cold, and the bowling is asways a letdown. Ishant Sharma is not fit for shorter formats, and going by recent form any format Afarker is well Afarker there's no David Hussey the leading  six hitter in the IPL last year. No More van Wyk either Bringing in completely out of depth Players like Bangar and Akash Chopra wasn't too smart either last year, and Fake IPL Player didn't exactly help team spirit.

GOOD NEWS:

Express paceman Shane Bond has been recruited, though he'll be joining once the ODI's against Oz have been completed. Ganguly is back as captain, where he belongs, Indian players Manoj Tiwary Saha lqbal Abdulla and Dhirag Pathak have definitely improved since last year, and domestic giant Cheteshwar pujara is fit Gbignesh the supersloging allrounder is back from the ICL. KKR now has a dirfferent away kit whooop-de-do