The IPL is the world’s largest cricket league, right now its 18th edition is being played. Its popularity is increasing with every year, from the earnings of the players to the prize money has increased. This time there are many such players including Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Virat Kohli, who have got more than Rs 20 crore. Not only experienced, but many new players have also received crores of rupees. After a change in the rules of unkapped players, MS Dhoni came into this category, after which CSK retained him for Rs 4 crore. Sunil Gavaskar has expressed concern about the change in rules.
Sunil Gavaskar, former Indian cricketer and currently seen in the role of commentator, believes that giving more money can reduce players’ passion towards cricket and hunger for Team India. According to him, it will not have any effect to the franchise, but it can be good for them, but Indian cricket may suffer loss.
What did Sunil Gavaskar say
Sunil Gavaskar wrote in his column in Sportstar, “Most people who suddenly become a millionaire are overwhelmed, first of all, they suddenly got a good luck and then with the nervousness of meeting those whom he praised and probably did not even dream of meeting. Be it great players, it is never easy to remember a unaccounted player who has been bought at a big price and who has justified the team to join the team.
“It happens that if the price of the player is reduced in the next auction, then the pressure of expectations also decreases and the player plays much better. This season has shown that the first cycle has been bought in crores and now the players who were bought at very low fees are showing better results. It can be experienced with some great players of the game, but often it is that they have reduced the burden with low fees and they are less expected. Has allowed to try to repeat.
He wrote, “Many players purchased in large amounts simply disappear because their hunger and desire ends. For franchisee, perhaps it doesn’t matter because they feel that it is good, but Indian cricket is a little unhappy with any player’s departure, whether he was successful or not. To adjust Mahendra Singh Dhoni, which became an unaccredited player before the auction last year, the limit was increased by Rs 4 crore.
“Perhaps the time has come to rethink and reduce it further, so that Indian cricket does not have to be deprived of such talents, which are stuck under the pressure of crores of bids and go away their way.”
Questions raised on the selection of players in IPL!
Sunil Gavaskar wrote in the column in the column, “10 times out of 10 times, it is only good, old luck, good deeds of grandparents or some omen that takes a unaccounted player in crores. The owners trust their advisors, most of the computer experts who have very little knowledge about the game, but they have the data and they think that they get the reply of the player. The scores of these leagues are found in the computer and this becomes the basis of their battle for a player.
He further wrote, “Most of them would never have seen the player playing or how was the opposing team. Was it challenging? Was it competitive? It’s something that would not have fit at all in the data. How big was the boundary? How was the pitch and how was the weather situation? If there is a former player in the form of a scout, then perhaps their words do not matter as much and anyway, the scouts do not sit on the auction table, right?
