Circus-like twenty-over tournament, remiscent of an advertising executive's wet dream. Bowlers are seen in the IPL as something of an unneccesary distraction, as is fielding; chubby slog merchant Yuvraj Singh has caused much mirth in cricketing circles by averaging about 7 in recent tournaments, presumably to take the media attention away from Lalit Modi's complete dodgy geezer-ness.
The IPL is also notorious for turning once respected commentators - and Laxman Sivaramakrishnan - into corporate shills by being forced to include all sponsors names at every juncture. And there are a lot. There are no sixes in IPL cricket; they're DLF Maximums. It's not a match turning passage of play; it's a Citi moment of success. Rumour has it that a commentator once referred to a six as a six. He has never been seen since.
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