IPL- What works for it??

"With the Preitys and SRKs of bollywood jumping into the cricket business, we have a lot of commercial movie-masala to look forward to..." - is what I read few days back. Well the author was not wrong abt it, we have for sure seen a lots of drama on and off-field. I quit watching cricket after my grand-mom's death as she was really fond of cricket and we used to watch all matches together....I switched to soccer instead( Thanks to Sunny).But living in a house which has a majority of men, I had to give-in. IPL was another reason, I came back to cricket from soccer. And well with no good movies coming up during IPL season ( who needs movies anyways, all masala is there), I decided to stick to IPL. Being the hard-core punjabi that I am, I am cheering for KINGS XI PUNJAB...ofcourse, I always have a soft corner for the underdogs. So far I am quite elated with my team's performance in IPL... IPL sure is a hit this season for a series of reasons :

• The WOW factor : SRK,Preity,Juhi Chawla,Akki,Katrina Kaif,Hrithik,Ness Wadia,Mukesh Ambani,Vijay Mallya and a lot of star power pulled-in by SRK camp.
• Who gets to see the bollywood biggies Live craving for attention and appreciation for teams everyday?? :)
• Cheerleaders, you bet.
• Short and Sweet ( The SMS generation that we are)
• The fast-paced aggressive display of the cricketing skills..
• Who can snatch the credit away from "THE SLAPGATE CONTROVERSY"- For those who came in late. Bhajji slapped Sreesanth after Mumbai lost to Mohali.
• SRK Dug-out controversy
• Vijay Mallaya firing CEO of his team(RCB)Charu Sharma and lashing out against Rahul Dravid( although the team came out in his support)
• Who can forget the infamous call for a third-umpire consideration from Saurav(SRK's team) for a catch.
• And ofcourse Viru was nto far behind when he insisted for the same in one of the matches.
• The action and drama when Duckworth/Lewis rule played spoilsport for the overconfident teams. :) remember KKR recently??
• Not to forget, the Jadoo ki Jhappis that Preity has been generously distributing ,after each win to her team-mates and being photographed doing that adding to awkwardness...(When will the Indian media grow up??)

I may have missed on something for sure....Last but not the least, how about Rajasthan Royals, no one expected them to fly so high. I believe they are the most inexpensive team also....

As I end my post, the IBN site says that there is another controversy" Two cheerleaders from London were allegedly asked to leave the Mohali ground by event management company, Wizcraft, because they had a darker skin colour."

IPL is getting spicier and more controversy-ridden. Hope it does not take the real thing away from IPL...On that note me signing off, have a KKR and Rajasthan Royals match to catch up....See ya guys!! ;)