Quote from: MusaPk on Today at 10:12:50 AM

Quote from: JSRAW on Today at 09:42:20 AM

Yeah, and this celebrity culture is really bad in India. It was already bad but after IPL it went onto a different level. I can only hope that once India gets richer, this culture will fade away and people stop worshipping film actors and cricketers.

I don't think this culture will fade away so easily in South Asia as India has taken cricket to next level both in terms of popularity and revenue generation. That's why there is now direct connection between India cricket and Bolly wood film industry. Today every Indian player is either married to bolly wood star or dating some high profile lady. This will become a culture in coming years that an Indian cricketer will only have a relation with some bolly wood star.

I am assuming that in the next couple of decades, India and her people will get rich. Other sports will also start performing well because it's bound to happen when you get more resources.

Then we will reach a certain point, where the limelight won't be restricted to one particular set of sports or entertainers. Surely popularity won't go down but celebrity culture will definitely take a hit and tone down a bit.

Quote from: libert19 on Today at 11:43:14 AM

Quote from: Nazmul012 on Today at 06:02:44 AM

But i must say, Surya played so well after long and finally able to score a good run 80 which is pretty big. As he was a captain, he just adjust everything according to him and thats the reason for his brilliant come back.

I sorta agree here, he tends to do well if he bats up in the order, in wc finale he was sent after Jadeja (1 down from his usual position odi) and he literally got bowler partners to play with. But oh well, it's all done and dusted.

I think now it's fair to say SKY is not ODI or Test material and he should stick with only T-20.