What is real cricket?
The Sunday Guardian
|May 26, 2024
“I prefer cricket, personally.”
There it was. All the other social media messages had been nice—people were excited I was heading to India.
But trust an upper class Englishman to mock the IPL.
“I prefer cricket.” Such a gentle, yet sarcastic
jab. Such a typically English thing to say.
The implication could not be clearer: in his opinion the Indian Premier League is not real cricket. Too brash, too many sixes, too contrived... maybe even too successful.
Some people in my own country of Australia feel the same way. And, to my surprise, since being here I have discovered even some Indians agree.
Well, I have a message for all who hold such a view.
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