IPL 2022 TV Ratings fall, advertisers knock Star Sports doors for compensation

[hitthestump]

Genuine question to all cricket lovers:

In real life (not forums) how many conversations about IPL 2022 have you had this year from a purely gameplay perspective?

If so, how excited and in depth have those conversations been?

 

[Hextro]

Thats your opinion and you can have it. What you don't have is the power to thrust your opinion on others.

Am I thrusting my opinion on you? If I'm not forcing you to have the same beliefs as main why even bring it up?

We should be discussing why the IPLs ratings are falling so dramatically.

 

[Hextro]

Genuine question to all cricket lovers:

In real life (not forums) how many conversations about IPL 2022 have you had this year from a purely gameplay perspective?

If so, how excited and in depth have those conversations been?

From my experience people get bored if someone starts discussing a cricket league, this isn't football. On the other hand People will discuss international matches to death especially ICC tournaments.

International tournaments get people who normally don't watch cricket to be actively involved with their favourite team, the same can't be said for franchise leagues.

Think about it this way, would you rather your country win a ICC trophy or your favourite franchise team win a league season? The answer should be fairly obvious.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Am I thrusting my opinion on you? If I'm not forcing you to have the same beliefs as main why even bring it up?

We should be discussing why the IPLs ratings are falling so dramatically.

Let the IPL end we can then discuss what were the final ratings compared to IPL 2019.

 

[Major]

The league has become a joke due to too much money invested.

Leagues world around along with psl, nhl etc, what they do is they show highlights of what took place on social media. Espn existsed on tv for this purpose.

In cricket, what bcci has done is that they control too much of the copyright things and even if someone uploads a video they get it taken down. They force you to purchase the service of viewing highlights .

Like, you can go to youtube and you cant even find any video of indian players from the new lot. I couldnt find any video on umran malik. All you get is some dumb indian doing commentating.

Anyways, serves them right

 

[cricketjoshila]

The league has become a joke due to too much money invested.

Leagues world around along with psl, nhl etc, what they do is they show highlights of what took place on social media. Espn existsed on tv for this purpose.

In cricket, what bcci has done is that they control too much of the copyright things and even if someone uploads a video they get it taken down. They force you to purchase the service of viewing highlights .

Like, you can go to youtube and you cant even find any video of indian players from the new lot. I couldnt find any video on umran malik. All you get is some dumb indian doing commentating.

Anyways, serves them right

IPL tv rights are being valued in excess of 5bn usd for a reason. You have to pay to watch it.

Go to iplt20.com

You may get some videos.

Anyways IPL broadcast is banned in Pakistan.Not that it makes any difference.

And comparing it to PSL.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Instead of predicting the downfall of a far far superior Product like IPL, based on just some random thoughts, there should be some objectivity in the discussion along with facts and data.
Here is the analysis on why IPL is a behemoth today, and will continue to grow and become much bigger and better.

Key points :
1. Even during Pandemic, despite no ticket sales, and COVID hit economy of India, IPL revenue increased by 100%. Why would it stop now ?
2. Bundesliga match is 3.5 Million Dollar where currently IPL is at 8.5 Million Dollars per match.
3. Brand licensing, business model, avenues to generate revenues for IPL are top notch and Indian economy will grow further.

Lastly, the so called drop in ratings etc.. Well every business or product go through a curved growth, where curve surges up or down. The only way IPL will be fully down, as nay sayers of IPL are day dreaming about, is if Indians get fatigued with cricket. Well we don't see that happening for a long time.

 

[James]

Two months is just far too long for a tournament format event in any sport. There is no way that the interest can possibly be sustained in the product over a longer term (e.g. another 10-15 years following on from this) if a review of the extreme length does not take place soon.

 

[Major]

IPL tv rights are being valued in excess of 5bn usd for a reason. You have to pay to watch it.

Go to iplt20.com

You may get some videos.

Anyways IPL broadcast is banned in Pakistan.Not that it makes any difference.

And comparing it to PSL.

I dont know why you qouted me and replied me with that. I have pretty much said the same thing.

Maybe for starters, atop taking offence if someone critisizes your league as if you read the op its suffering and the reasons i give and which you even wrote out could be the reasons .

 

[Major]

Instead of predicting the downfall of a far far superior Product like IPL, based on just some random thoughts, there should be some objectivity in the discussion along with facts and data.
Here is the analysis on why IPL is a behemoth today, and will continue to grow and become much bigger and better.

Key points :
1. Even during Pandemic, despite no ticket sales, and COVID hit economy of India, IPL revenue increased by 100%. Why would it stop now ?
2. Bundesliga match is 3.5 Million Dollar where currently IPL is at 8.5 Million Dollars per match.
3. Brand licensing, business model, avenues to generate revenues for IPL are top notch and Indian economy will grow further.

Lastly, the so called drop in ratings etc.. Well every business or product go through a curved growth, where curve surges up or down. The only way IPL will be fully down, as nay sayers of IPL are day dreaming about, is if Indians get fatigued with cricket. Well we don't see that happening for a long time.

If people use facts and data would your lot be ready to accept it? The article in the op is filled with data.

Are you ready to accept that data to be correct?

 

[Hextro]

Let the IPL end we can then discuss what were the final ratings compared to IPL 2019.

No, we can discuss its ratings right now, I see no reason not to.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Let the IPL end we can then discuss what were the final ratings compared to IPL 2019.

Why don't you tell this to advertisers who are asking for compensation when the tournament is still going on?

 

[IMMY69]

Two months is just far too long for a tournament format event in any sport. There is no way that the interest can possibly be sustained in the product over a longer term (e.g. another 10-15 years following on from this) if a review of the extreme length does not take place soon.

I love my football but would I want to see two premier league games every single day for two months?

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Instead of predicting the downfall of a far far superior Product like IPL, based on just some random thoughts, there should be some objectivity in the discussion along with facts and data.
Here is the analysis on why IPL is a behemoth today, and will continue to grow and become much bigger and better.

Key points :
1. Even during Pandemic, despite no ticket sales, and COVID hit economy of India, IPL revenue increased by 100%. Why would it stop now ?
2. Bundesliga match is 3.5 Million Dollar where currently IPL is at 8.5 Million Dollars per match.
3. Brand licensing, business model, avenues to generate revenues for IPL are top notch and Indian economy will grow further.

Lastly, the so called drop in ratings etc.. Well every business or product go through a curved growth, where curve surges up or down. The only way IPL will be fully down, as nay sayers of IPL are day dreaming about, is if Indians get fatigued with cricket. Well we don't see that happening for a long time.

Far far superior product is experiencing a drop in TV ratings, read the OP carefully. No one is day dreaming about it. It is a fact. And good to see that you are no longer comparing IPL with English Premier League and have moved towards Bundesliga.

 

[Cricfan4eva]

The key is balance, how many t20 leagues are there at the moment all chasing money, now we have t10, 100, again money spinners. Whats next t5 , super over? ICC can save international cricket but all the boards need to come together for the same goal, at the moment they are al chasing money and dont really care about the longevity of the game.

Exactly!

ICC isn't regulating anything atm. It is just acting like a broker for all boards and they are just happy to rake in profits along the way (short-sighted approach)

ICC first needs to accept the reality that leagues are the future, then begins their real job, that is to govern the quality of the leagues, laying down guidelines based on which they can choose to sanction or not sanction certain leagues. More importantly if they do this on their own accord, they get complete control of the calendar, else you'll have BCCI dictating what window they want or ECB/CA in future. Only time till each country wants a window and ICC events don't get the importance they deserve.

 

[Cricfan4eva]

I love my football but would I want to see two premier league games every single day for two months?

This is because BCCI/ICC are beating around the bush with regards to international cricket.

IPL even with ratings fall is superior product than many India's international contests (like WI, BD, SL, NZ etc.)

But there are 2 problems with IPL,

a) the constant auction cycle - where your team changes completely every 3 years. Thankfully BCCI have said they've done away with this for good, but even the mini-auction should be scrapped and make player signing an open market with signing/trade windows every year.

b) if PL is stuffed into 4 months it'd draw viewer fatigue too. So 90 games in 75 day IPL that's planned next season will be far worse. BCCI need to think real hard and spread IPL into 5-6 month period. This opens up April-May back for international fixtures and with IPL spread out, one may not have to choose between country/club as games can be planned to not clash. Surely players cant complain about flying up and down with the kind of money they earn. and during WC/Big tournaments. IPL can opt for international break too.

 

[sweep_shot]

Not surprising. I expect ratings to fall.

T20 is a junk format and T20 games are junk games. You can't have so much junk for so long.

 

[Savak]

This is because BCCI/ICC are beating around the bush with regards to international cricket.

IPL even with ratings fall is superior product than many India's international contests (like WI, BD, SL, NZ etc.)

But there are 2 problems with IPL,

a) the constant auction cycle - where your team changes completely every 3 years. Thankfully BCCI have said they've done away with this for good, but even the mini-auction should be scrapped and make player signing an open market with signing/trade windows every year.

b) if PL is stuffed into 4 months it'd draw viewer fatigue too. So 90 games in 75 day IPL that's planned next season will be far worse. BCCI need to think real hard and spread IPL into 5-6 month period. This opens up April-May back for international fixtures and with IPL spread out, one may not have to choose between country/club as games can be planned to not clash. Surely players cant complain about flying up and down with the kind of money they earn. and during WC/Big tournaments. IPL can opt for international break too.

The problem can be addressed with 3 T20 games a day. One in the morning from 9 am to 1 pm, the next from 2 pm to 6 pm and the last one from 7 pm to 11 pm. This can work provided these games are held in different venues. By following this strategy, the BCCI can successfully expand the number of teams in the IPL and can successfully complete the IPL in 4 - 6 weeks maximum therefore minimizing viewer fatigue.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

This is because BCCI/ICC are beating around the bush with regards to international cricket.

IPL even with ratings fall is superior product than many India's international contests (like WI, BD, SL, NZ etc.)

But there are 2 problems with IPL,

a) the constant auction cycle - where your team changes completely every 3 years. Thankfully BCCI have said they've done away with this for good, but even the mini-auction should be scrapped and make player signing an open market with signing/trade windows every year.

b) if PL is stuffed into 4 months it'd draw viewer fatigue too. So 90 games in 75 day IPL that's planned next season will be far worse. BCCI need to think real hard and spread IPL into 5-6 month period. This opens up April-May back for international fixtures and with IPL spread out, one may not have to choose between country/club as games can be planned to not clash. Surely players cant complain about flying up and down with the kind of money they earn. and during WC/Big tournaments. IPL can opt for international break too.

You make some good points. Player rotation/loyalty is something that will stop franchises from developing into a team. In the PSL certain players have moved around year on year and it still hurts my head to see the bhaiyas bhaiya Sarfraz as captain of "Quetta". If the IPL can counter this and develop proper teams where transfers/loans are similar to football it will make things more exciting. Thankfully the teams in IPL seem to have more of an identity compared to other franchises.

With regards to point B - despite India's progress I don't think that players will be committed to staying in India for such a prolonged period or travelling multiple times a year. Splitting the league also risks players getting injured/fatigued during international duty. In fact it will probably exacerbate the damage done to international cricket.

Finally ( and not aimed at you). Indian fans shouldn't take criticism of the IPL to heart so much. The Tv rights aren't going into your pocket, nor is a criticism of the league a criticism of India.

 

[BDfanforever]

Maybe it's the timeout break to blame. Also, hearing same ol Jimmy Morrision matches after matches gets tiring.

 

[Ashmal]

The whole USP of T20 cricket is it's fast-paced action-filled format....but when you keep dragging it for 3 months year after year, viewers are bound to lose interest at some point.

 

[NishanKonar]

Thee is now viewer fatigue regarding IPL. Too many teams. Too many games. Last IPL only finished 6 months back

IPL going down the BBL route. Should not have increased to 10 teams. BCCI is killing the golden goose

 

[Savak]

Thee is now viewer fatigue regarding IPL. Too many teams. Too many games. Last IPL only finished 6 months back

IPL going down the BBL route. Should not have increased to 10 teams. BCCI is killing the golden goose

Increasing the no of teams is fine, what they needed to do is to increase the double and triple headers each day and ensuring the tournament ends within 5-6 weeks. It is possible to do this with a 10 team tournament

 

[IMMY69]

Increasing the no of teams is fine, what they needed to do is to increase the double and triple headers each day and ensuring the tournament ends within 5-6 weeks. It is possible to do this with a 10 team tournament

This plan makes little sense and I will explain in the thread you set up for it

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Increasing the no of teams is fine, what they needed to do is to increase the double and triple headers each day and ensuring the tournament ends within 5-6 weeks. It is possible to do this with a 10 team tournament

So many players will get tired and injured lol.

 

[NishanKonar]

Increasing the no of teams is fine, what they needed to do is to increase the double and triple headers each day and ensuring the tournament ends within 5-6 weeks. It is possible to do this with a 10 team tournament

That wont make sense. How many people will watch 3 games a day. 1 game a day actually makes for better viewing - especially as games are at prime time

Just reduce the number of teams. Another issue is all matches in 1 city. So little hype in rest of India as nobody can go and attend matches at the stadiums. So less buzz

Another factor is less glamour. Earlier during IPL there wud be glam events like bollywood movie release parties attended by top Bollywood and IPL stars. The IPL after match parties used to be big hit. That's also gone now due to Covid restrictions

 

[JaDed]

10 teams is perfect and should stay on this for 10 years without complete destroying teams by putting them back to option also as one poster suggested trading should be brought in.

This was a much closer IPL than others, the viewership fall is due to a lot of reasons and now with the gap next year and hopefully refreshed CSK MI KKR it will be back to its 2018-2019 levels, it’s definitely not going to the Pandemic ones though.

BCCI already brought in tier 2 cities after poor 2016 ratings, I think it’s time for tier 3 cities to be involved too now.

Indian team as such is without Superstar power right now.. Virat Rohit Dhoni all are their lows so it’s understandable.

 

[Bewal Express]

The problem with the IPL as is the problem with all franchise cricket is that no one cares who wins or loses and a day later it has no value. Its entertainment for the moment and not as many people are enjoying it.

 

[cricketjoshila]

The problem with the IPL as is the problem with all franchise cricket is that no one cares who wins or loses and a day later it has no value. Its entertainment for the moment and not as many people are enjoying it.

I don't know about other leagues, but IPL teams like csk kkr mumbai rcb punjab have passionate following. Rajasthan is like a freelance team.

Its too early to talk about the fan following of Lucknow and Ahmedabad.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

The problem with the IPL as is the problem with all franchise cricket is that no one cares who wins or loses and a day later it has no value. Its entertainment for the moment and not as many people are enjoying it.

You are right. There is no loyalty and in the end no one cares about who won. This is why some fans who are soft hearted and can't take the pressure of International matches prefer Pyjama League matches. They want a happy ending and what is better than seeing two Indian teams playing against each other?

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

I don't know about other leagues, but IPL teams like csk kkr mumbai rcb punjab have passionate following. Rajasthan is like a freelance team.

Its too early to talk about the fan following of Lucknow and Ahmedabad.

Mumbai, RCB, Punjab or KKR fans won't lose their sleep if their team loses an IPL match. If you really want to see passionate and loyal fans then start watching football leagues all over the world. IPL is a cheap imitation of EPL.

 

[Bewal Express]

I don't know about other leagues, but IPL teams like csk kkr mumbai rcb punjab have passionate following. Rajasthan is like a freelance team.

Its too early to talk about the fan following of Lucknow and Ahmedabad.

No they dont. There will be no riots or calls for resignations if they do badly. Dhoni is about 50, he offers little or nothing, and is still an automatic selection and will be until he decided otherwise.

 

[U$ofA]

The league has become a joke due to too much money invested.

Leagues world around along with psl, nhl etc, what they do is they show highlights of what took place on social media. Espn existsed on tv for this purpose.

In cricket, what bcci has done is that they control too much of the copyright things and even if someone uploads a video they get it taken down. They force you to purchase the service of viewing highlights .

Like, you can go to youtube and you cant even find any video of indian players from the new lot. I couldnt find any video on umran malik. All you get is some dumb indian doing commentating.

Anyways, serves them right

Disney paid $2.6 Billion for rights. They are not going to just give stuff for free. They are not known to do that. I am sure they are trying to maximize subscriptions. Just a business decision.

The new broadcast rights are coming up in about a month. Amazon, Disney, Google, Viacom/Reliance, Sony. Heck even Sky Sports and Super Sport are going fight it out. They might end up paying in the vicinity of $5-$6 Billion. I am fairly certain none of them are going to give it away for free.

Again that is their business strategy. I am sure these companies know what they are doing.

Now whether or not Indian IPL fans are able to see it or not is a good question. Judging by what has transpired over the last 15 years, I would say a vast majority of the IPL target audience do.

 

[NishanKonar]

I don't know about other leagues, but IPL teams like csk kkr mumbai rcb punjab have passionate following. Rajasthan is like a freelance team.

Its too early to talk about the fan following of Lucknow and Ahmedabad.

Lol. The passionate team following is miniscule

Most people watch IPL just to watch some cricket or favorite players. Very few actually care about the teams

 

[U$ofA]

I don't know about other leagues, but IPL teams like csk kkr mumbai rcb punjab have passionate following. Rajasthan is like a freelance team.

Its too early to talk about the fan following of Lucknow and Ahmedabad.

Lol. The passionate team following is miniscule

Most people watch IPL just to watch some cricket or favorite players. Very few actually care about the teams

Not sure what data both these posts are based on.

 

[NishanKonar]

Not sure what data both these posts are based on.

U attend a IPL match in the stadium. Majority of the crowd dont care who wins or lose. They just are attending to watch a good game of cricket. They cheer every six or wicket

Unlike say when India plays a match. There is almost pin drop silence if India is losing

 

[MenInG]

Like I said

Some of the posters here talk big about IPL - but not one post in the IPL matches thread - speaks volumes to me about this false bravado.

 

[U$ofA]

U attend a IPL match in the stadium. Majority of the crowd dont care who wins or lose. They just are attending to watch a good game of cricket. They cheer every six or wicket

Unlike say when India plays a match. There is almost pin drop silence if India is losing

Isn't it the case that in an IPL match both teams have good amount of support. While in an international match, almost all the crowd is for India.

Both the posts I cited were about the IPL but in total contrast.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Like I said

Some of the posters here talk big about IPL - but not one post in the IPL matches thread - speaks volumes to me about this false bravado.

I raised this point first here and got a very interesting answer from one of the IPL fan. According to them, they are enjoying the high quality matches of IPL and that is why they don't want to waste their time by indulging in other activites like posting on PakPassion. However some of them also said that they prefer other forms of social media. These are the same guys who can spend a whole day by defending IPL here but when it comes to posting in match threads they are nowhere to be seen. Maybe the league is not enjoyable or they themselves don't care about it?

Now compare this to any bilateral match involving India and a team other than Pakistan here. You will still see a good participation from Indian members in the match threads. Guys will post their ideal line ups and strategies. Do you see all these things before an IPL match begins?

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Isn't it the case that in an IPL match both teams have good amount of support. While in an international match, almost all the crowd is for India.

Both the posts I cited were about the IPL but in total contrast.

What he is trying to say is nobody cares about who wins or loses in IPL at the end of the match. None of the fan will get sleepless nights after seeing their favorite team lose the match. That is not the case with international cricket or even real premier leagues like EPL. Fans get hurt and even leave the stadium when their team lose or is in a position of losing. Kolkata test against Pakistan, World Cup semi final against Sri Lanka and CT final 2017 are some examples.

 

[Major]

Disney paid $2.6 Billion for rights. They are not going to just give stuff for free. They are not known to do that. I am sure they are trying to maximize subscriptions. Just a business decision.

The new broadcast rights are coming up in about a month. Amazon, Disney, Google, Viacom/Reliance, Sony. Heck even Sky Sports and Super Sport are going fight it out. They might end up paying in the vicinity of $5-$6 Billion. I am fairly certain none of them are going to give it away for free.

Again that is their business strategy. I am sure these companies know what they are doing.

Now whether or not Indian IPL fans are able to see it or not is a good question. Judging by what has transpired over the last 15 years, I would say a vast majority of the IPL target audience do.

I dont understand why you qouted me telling me this long story? Basically i said the same thing.

The fact that they pay high amounts, and not give our highlights the league suffers.

 

[MenInG]

I raised this point first here and got a very interesting answer from one of the IPL fan. According to them, they are enjoying the high quality matches of IPL and that is why they don't want to waste their time by indulging in other activites like posting on PakPassion. However some of them also said that they prefer other forms of social media. These are the same guys who can spend a whole day by defending IPL here but when it comes to posting in match threads they are nowhere to be seen. Maybe the league is not enjoyable or they themselves don't care about it?

Now compare this to any bilateral match involving India and a team other than Pakistan here. You will still see a good participation from Indian members in the match threads. Guys will post their ideal line ups and strategies. Do you see all these things before an IPL match begins?

Which is why no credence should be given to their opinions.

Its not about IPL, its about Pakistanis (or their likes) questioning IPL!

 

[JaDed]

A lot of Indians rarely comment on bilateral Indian LOI games as well doesn't mean it’s not enjoying good ratings.

Lot of Indians do comment on Indian test cricket threads doesn't necessarily mean those are having great ratings.

It will be dictated overall by generation that has time to watch and follow the game.

I enjoy watching test cricket but Indian stadiums hardly get full capacity in stadiums on them anymore ..

 

[U$ofA]

What he is trying to say is nobody cares about who wins or loses in IPL at the end of the match. None of the fan will get sleepless nights after seeing their favorite team lose the match. That is not the case with international cricket or even real premier leagues like EPL. Fans get hurt and even leave the stadium when their team lose or is in a position of losing. Kolkata test against Pakistan, World Cup semi final against Sri Lanka and CT final 2017 are some examples.

I will have to take your word for it. I have not been to an IPL game.

But I have seen emotions displayed when I watch on tv. Not sure if that is fake or real. One example I can cite is the game between LSG-KKR a couple days ago. Crowd, players, bench, coaches were showing raw emotions. Looked like they were all very involved.

But that is TV. Broadcast is a production!

 

[sam_ahm]

Truth is that IPL has seen some viewership decline this year, and infact in the last 2-3 years, I can say this from my interaction with a lot of my family and friends itself (and I have a very large circle) , the IPL craze is no where near what it was like when it started in 2008 or like how it has been earlier.

Apart from the obvious reasons like a very long IPL, happening for the 4th time in last 1.5 years, scheduled only in 2 cities etc... Another reason is the lack of indian superstars. Other than MS, Virat and Rohit, BCCI are not left with big superstars to carry the IPL like Sachin, Ganguly, Yuvraj, Dravid, Sehwag, Gambhir etc did in the past. I think it is the reason why BCCI is desperate for MS to continue next year.

And how did all these players become superstars? It is by performing for their country, by winning laurels for team india. No fan, even an IPL fan, will identify a player as a superstar for their achievements in IPL, no one will go mad about Sanju Samson for winning a game for RR, or for Umran Malik if he wins a game for SRH, or for Tewatia for hitting 5 sixes for GT. Not at all.

The fact that stars are born playing and performing for their country means that all these fans who say that 'IPL is bigger than some bilaterals' are just faking it. They also know that without International cricket, these leagues have no value, no stardom.

Even you take Tim David, unless he becomes an international star, people won't relate much to him, I don't know how he will because he plays for Singapore as of now.

IPL on it's own is nothing, it is only a side event to entertain people during the summers. As I keep saying, cricket is not football and will never be, both sports have a different fan base, and we cannot relate.

 

[OldWarHorse]

Ultimately its about the quality of cricket. Its not been the greatest with the expansion this year but should settle down as the quality comes through to improve the scouting.

Big thing is Indian cricket team needs to do well. We need better performances in the WT20 and the 50 over editions over the next year or so. Most people wont care if GT win IPL season after season while India gets knocked out of Group stages. Its still a sport defined by international success no matter how much people here talk about club loyalties

 

[Saj]

I think they thought that by adding 2 more teams the interest levels would increase automatically.

However even when speaking with Indian friends they are a bit bored of the IPL, the quality of cricket, the same dull commentators.

 

[U$ofA]

Truth is that IPL has seen some viewership decline this year, and infact in the last 2-3 years, I can say this from my interaction with a lot of my family and friends itself (and I have a very large circle) , the IPL craze is no where near what it was like when it started in 2008 or like how it has been earlier.

Apart from the obvious reasons like a very long IPL, happening for the 4th time in last 1.5 years, scheduled only in 2 cities etc... Another reason is the lack of indian superstars. Other than MS, Virat and Rohit, BCCI are not left with big superstars to carry the IPL like Sachin, Ganguly, Yuvraj, Dravid, Sehwag, Gambhir etc did in the past. I think it is the reason why BCCI is desperate for MS to continue next year.

And how did all these players become superstars? It is by performing for their country, by winning laurels for team india. No fan, even an IPL fan, will identify a player as a superstar for their achievements in IPL, no one will go mad about Sanju Samson for winning a game for RR, or for Umran Malik if he wins a game for SRH, or for Tewatia for hitting 5 sixes for GT. Not at all.

The fact that stars are born playing and performing for their country means that all these fans who say that 'IPL is bigger than some bilaterals' are just faking it. They also know that without International cricket, these leagues have no value, no stardom.

Even you take Tim David, unless he becomes an international star, people won't relate much to him, I don't know how he will because he plays for Singapore as of now.

IPL on it's own is nothing, it is only a side event to entertain people during the summers. As I keep saying, cricket is not football and will never be, both sports have a different fan base, and we cannot relate.

Ultimately its about the quality of cricket. Its not been the greatest with the expansion this year but should settle down as the quality comes through to improve the scouting.

Big thing is Indian cricket team needs to do well. We need better performances in the WT20 and the 50 over editions over the next year or so. Most people wont care if GT win IPL season after season while India gets knocked out of Group stages. Its still a sport defined by international success no matter how much people here talk about club loyalties

Both are correct. This is an international sport first. But at the same time I also read about the curious case of Shimron Hetmyer.

He was unfit, then took time of for personal reasons all while WI were playing international games. Then suddenly became available for the full length of the IPL. Now that IPL is drawing to a close, he is going back to personal time off. Just as WI are going to tour Netherlands and Pakistan.

And he is not the first WI player to turn his back on international cricket. This has happened outside the WI players as well.

Is it the case that only Eng and Aus players give importance to internationals and rest are more IPL centric?

 

[MenInG]

I think they thought that by adding 2 more teams the interest levels would increase automatically.

However even when speaking with Indian friends they are a bit bored of the IPL, the quality of cricket, the same dull commentators.

These things dont work in a linear fashion, ie increase number of teams and revenues go up by same margin!

 

[U$ofA]

These things dont work in a linear fashion, ie increase number of teams and revenues go up by same margin!

Yes. The population in the expansion cities were already watching IPL. Now it just gives them a home team to support. It is not going to increase the tv audience. Maybe a tiny bit.

 

[Smbhayi]

It's tv ratings right..? What about streaming.. i watch ipl on hotstar..

 

[Clueless]

Insipid performances by National team regulars like Kohli, Rohit etc. could be one of the reasons for fall in rating.

 

[JaDed]

It's tv ratings right..? What about streaming.. i watch ipl on hotstar..

You are right on streaming that has probably increased(compared to 2019 not pandemic)..but TV rating in India matter too and without CSK MI performing well the ratings will always dip…

The TV ratings fall is mostly due to Maha TN and Delhi performing poorly as they are big time watchers of IPL..

Sun TV actually beat Star sports last week..usually that doesn’t happen but considering the lackluster performance of CSK this was bound to happen.

 

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

The TV ratings fall is mostly due to Maha TN and Delhi performing poorly as they are big time watchers of IPL..

That's why they should have Pune as a second team from Maharashtra. So if Mumbai don't make it to the playoffs, hopefully Pune does.

 

[GreenBee]

India lacks star players now. Virat and Rohit losing their mojo, end of Gayle/ABD /Yuvraj Singh era means matches have lost their charm. IPL owed a lot to these players.

 

[JaDed]

That's why they should have Pune as a second team from Maharashtra. So if Mumbai don't make it to the playoffs, hopefully Pune does.

There is no Pune bro.. It was Gujarat and Lucknow new franchises.

 

[JaDed]

India lacks star players now. Virat and Rohit losing their mojo, end of Gayle/ABD /Yuvraj Singh era means matches have lost their charm. IPL owed a lot to these players.

That is true this will be similar to football now after Messi and Ronaldo.. we have to wait for new ones.. Neymar is here and there.

Even in NBA after Lebron its just Steph curry at best don’t think Luka Doncic will be replacing that star power..(could be due to color)

There is a void in International sportstars in most major sports right now..

Pakistan team alone has - Shaheen and Babar.. all others are looking for their new stars.

 

[JaDed]

There is no Pune bro.. It was Gujarat and Lucknow new franchises.

My bad just saw the keyword- should, well not really.. Pune’s stadium was meh as well, Gujarat has many stadiums and deserves a team and state with most population (UP) deserved one too

 

[Rajdeep]

Its jam packed Eden Gardens today for the qualifier game.

I suspect having all the matches in Maharashtra and with 2 major el classico team being knocked out reduced the interest a bit.

But this week expect the ratings to be high again.

 

[U$ofA]

Its jam packed Eden Gardens today for the qualifier game.

I suspect having all the matches in Maharashtra and with 2 major el classico team being knocked out reduced the interest a bit.

But this week expect the ratings to be high again.

Looked like a sold out crowd. 70k people made it a great atmosphere for tv. I am sure the experience was greater at the stadium.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Looked like a sold out crowd. 70k people made it a great atmosphere for tv. I am sure the experience was greater at the stadium.

Wait for 130k to pack the NaMo stadium.