A To Z Of Ipl !!!!!!!!!!!!

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As curtains are drawn on the inaugural Indian Premier League, pundits and plebians are unanimous in saying that cricket will never be the same again. Entertainment and competition are engaged in a marriage of convenience, dollars directing the course of the market and Bollywood breaking into the Indians' biggest sporting passion - the IPL has set the benchmark for the game's future. With the winds of change blowing across the cricketing globe, TOI takes a look at some of the new ideas and idiosyncrasies, terms and types, words and wonders, which have come to rule the dug-outs and households in equal measure these past few weeks... A Auction Even Sotheby's has a lesson to learn from all this. How could the homo sapiens go under the hammer and then fight for their price hammer and tongs? Well, we may not be living in the Slave Dynasty but we will sure be tempted to look at the 'figure' with reinvigorated interest, sitting either in boardroom or bedroom. After all, in a bidding, there's nothing called forbidding B Bangalored The 'Test' team's entry into the T20 world was greeted with more boos than booze, severely denting the sagging spirits of the bottle-happy people. In Bangalore, you might be surprised to see BS Yeddyurappa taking oath as the cheif minister, but don't be taken aback if you are not invited to the party and eventually Bangalored! C Cheerleaders An extension of Bollywood's item numbers. They may be god-send for a sport in crisis in the US and a subject of moral brigade's study in Bengal and Maharashtra. But who cares if they look like a threat to our bedroom values? For aam admi, it's always paisa pheko nach dekho. D Dug-Outs The cricketing version of a hang-out, setting a 'benchmark' for the game. You can see everything here - drama, melodrama, sobs and soap opera under one curved roof. You are not, however, authorized to see if the dugout inhabitants are digging up dirt or diamond. E Entertainment Yup, it takes cricket to tango. Music and muse, having a ball and multiplexes listening in to chin music... Bollywood belles and beaus make the audience dance to its tune more wildly than a batsman facing a Murali doosra on a turner. Ah, what a cricketainment! Only pain in the neck? Entertainment tax. F Franchise It's now an open and shut case. Forget about inflation, here's an indicator that the 'free-hit' market economy is shining as bright as Eden's 'trusted' floodlights. Chidambaram might as well take a look at it. In the meantime, we should plan franchises of book-cricket for the school drop-outs. G Gag Order To whomsoever it may concern: the BCCI, morality masters in Bengal and Maharashtra, Bhajji and his 'brother' Sree Santh, Team Jaipur players or Vijay Mallya. After all, bats and balls prove more powerful weapon than some loose cannons H Haute Couture The fans wed the fashionable and everybody enjoyed the party in what was an extended 'Lack-me' Fashion Contest, with the pretty and petite flaunting hip-hop, and the eye candies having a cakewalk. The good news: There was no dress-slip on the ramp. (TOI Photo) I Icons Do we really need to tell all this to the world? Cricket being a religion in India, God has always had a competition here. The saddest part of it is that we have a sinking feeling with the some of the cricketing gods had to be immersed without much ado and fanfare. Better luck in the next festival season. J Jodi No. 1 Hollywood's script for a classic Bollywood flick. Shane Warne & Team Jaipur had all the ingredients of a three-hour full entertainment day after day, week after week. And public loved it. K King Khan Or KKR, korbo lorbo jeetbo re and everything associated with the Bollywood Badshah. SRK's "boys" are yet to grow up and in Kolkata, King Khan's loss turned out to be King Kahn's gain. But saying it in black and gold, it promises to be a real pot-boiler in the next season. L 'Lord' Lalit The hand that rocks the cradle. This ever-smiling, spectacled middle-aged man has made the politicians run for their money in the media attention-grabbing race. Lalit Modi may come in handy as an advisor during the budget session. M Moolah It speaks louder than pen and sword combined or even a McCullum whirlwind. It sets the tempo for the orgy which all and sundry have come to live with N Nor'wester It came, it saw and it conquered, more powerful than Dhoni's heave-ho sixer, more effective than Bhajji's slap. A plastic pitch cover rising to a giant wave and submerging CAB president in a 'squall'. O Orange Cap For Shaun Marsh. Devaluation of baggy green, or just another feather in it, hu? Who cares as long as you sample lotus-eaters in an orangery. P Purple Cap For Sohail Tanveer. This Pakistani bloke has reasons to be happy since, on the flip side, there are pink slips for the 'wastes' (of KKR and Team Mohali). Q Quote-Unquote Straight from the horse's mouth: "Since Dravid is such an iconic player, I trusted his judgement" (Vijay Mallya); "I hope the national selectors were watching" (Sourav); "I'm getting a little too old for so many close finishes" (Warne)... Don't really want to make the list bigger. R Rebels It turned out to be an absolute no-contest. One can also relate it to the Frankenstein syndrome, the creator being devoured by the created. As the once-famous ICL tag is struggling for a breathing space, Subhas Chandra has been left with an Everest to climb S Slapgate The 'monkey' may be off the Turbanator's back, but he has a 'brother' to deal with. This whole drama looks quite intriguing and absorbing and urgently requires one Ram Gopal Verma to grab it with both hands. One wonders how Aamish Saheba will fit into the casting crew. T TRP This "manoranjan ka baap" has lived up to its billing. Instead of slow-faced, who-conspires-what melodrama, we are straight into fast-paced, nail-biting dramas. As six and sex cook the kitchen's goose, soaps sob and there's a 'Slap' in the face of Ekta Kapoor. U Ugly Ducklings Aakash Chopra, Wasim Jaffer, to name a few. Or a fish out of water. They may have blessings of Geoffrey Boycott but should have headed for Bangalore to make a better fortune. V Veterans Who has said that we are living only for pensions? Thank you guys for proving us wrong. Jayasuriya, Warne and the rest, please keep on enlightening us with the afterglow. W Warne Wonderful, to say the least. This blond is not only bold and beautiful, but a direct threat to Ramadoss' cherished world. Puffing his way to the glory, he lives the life of a royal and scripts it in his own way. Those who have doubted that there's not a dog's chance for Jaipur, here's the answer from Warnie's underdogs. Isn't it true that every dog has its day. Well.... X X-Factor The girls, the glams, the gorgeous. You never know how beauty makes peace with the beast, here it's is. We have also the likes of Swapnil Asnodkar, Wriddhiman Saha and the list goes on. Isn't the future of Indian cricket looking sexy? Y Youth The flavour of the competition. And the best frame captured is that of Yusuf Pathan. As the yen and young give it a yum-yum feeling, Test and Fifty50 look a distant memory. AND FINALLY ZZZZZZZZ Well, it's time to hit the hay, something which hasn't really been possible during the IPL. The fear of being caught stealing a nap in office following a late night 'sixy' sizzler is finally over. Say cheese to it. DATS A TO Z OF IPL FOR ME.....WHAT ABOUT U I WANT SOME FROM U AS WELL :two_thumbs_up: