Cricket Talk: Mega International Cricket Tournament IPL 2025 kicks off today !
By Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (47597)
India
March 22, 2025 11:13am CST
It is that time of the year when Cricket's undeclared equivalent of EPL Football starts.
Yes it is the franchisee based Mega and Multi Billion Dollar Cricket event : IPL 2025!
There was an opening ceremony featuring Indian singers Shreya Ghoshal and Karan Aujla and Bollywood actor Disha Patani.
Then the opening match started at Eden Gardens, Kolkata between the defending champions KKR and RCB.
And it is just start of the excitement.
Images taken from Newspaper and TV
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@ptrikha_2 (47597)
• India
23 Mar
@JudyEv
As per the revenue and viewership, IPL is now at #5 in sports leagues among the Best World Sports Leagues as per this article:
Yet in another article it was ranked #2.
I do doubt #2 but otherwise, the popularity and ranking is quite high.
And during the whole IPL period, Bollywood has decided not to release any new movie !
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/top-five-biggest-sports-leagues-in-the-world-nfl-epl-ipl-and-more/articleshow/113872563.cms
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@ptrikha_2 (47597)
• India
24 Mar
@JudyEv
It is perhaps more about not cutting into each other's revenues.
Many Bollywood stars are married to Cricket players.
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@ptrikha_2 (47597)
• India
25 Mar
@JudyEv
Yes and many are big crowd pullers.
However, Aussie players like Travis Head, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Marsh too have become very popular.
Plus other countries ' players like Faf Du Plessis, Rachin Ravindra, Jos Butler, Aiden Markram and more !
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@ptrikha_2 (47597)
• India
26 Mar
@grenery8
It is fast paced, loud, has cheerleaders and a lot of money!!
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@ptrikha_2 (47597)
• India
28 Mar
@grenery8
Ha ha that is why we ought to "read between the lines"
Never mind, it happens with me as well sometimes!!
Never mind, it happens with me as well sometimes!!
