Go Knight Riders !!!

The million dollar question of the year is- Will IPL work?! People are talking about it all over, my dad and I have been discussing it for the past month...it's created a frenzy even before it began! Anyway here's why I think IPL will work this year- Pure beginner's luck! See, the media hype over the event has crossed all boundaries- the auction, the filmstars/industrialists/other party people (That's what you call Vijay Mallya right!? ;-)) bidding for players, which players end up together, the whole speculation about whether the event will even see the light of day etc etc... has definitely managed to grab more than the attention of the Indian audience. The adventurous ones are looking forward to it; the sceptics are waiting for the whole thing to fall on it's face so that their bhavishyavani can be proved right...but either way, people are going to watch the matches!

Some will buy tickets because for them, live cricket is the real thing, hardly matters whether its India vs Pakistan or Chennai vs Mohali !! Added attraction, of course, is the Bollywood quotient! Another section of viewers will be curious to know how many people land up at the stadium, so they'll go to see that. Same goes for the TV audience! And it's a T-20 format, so you blink and it's over...doesn't disrupt the sanity of the house too !!

So basically, the team owners and sponsors earn their money, the cricketers get their money, the viewers get to see innovative cricket...everyone's happy! Whether the trend will continue next year- now that's something that can't be predicted right now !! So enjoy it while it lasts...

Anyway, I'm supporting the Kolkata Knight Riders !! They're easily the best team- Sourav Ganguly, Ricky Ponting, Murali Karthik, Chris Gayle, Ishant Sharma...and of course Shah Rukh Khan...aur kya chahiye !! :-D

We're too hot,

We're too cool,

We are the King's Men,

We rule !!!

Korbo Lorbo Jeetbo reeeee...!!!

Check out this ad too. SRK is like the marketing God !! GO KOLKATA !! I'm lovin' it already !!! :-D:-D

So...which team are you rooting for ?!