Thread: Arjuna on sirasa TV last night

Originally Posted by Brett

Agreed.
Cost us 2 Tests in ENG,Injured Maharoof,Murali was easily figured out by Dhoni.

yes agree with u thats why i mentioned it affects other formats ... But more disadvantages than advantages which i cudn highlight. Thanks for reminding them..My bad

Originally Posted by jnf

SL managed win the world cup without IPL, Again they qualified for the 2007 wc finals at that time where was the IPL mate? They qualified because of their talent. IPL is an international cricket destroyer.

Yes .. I had a different picture in my mind based only on T20s.. my bad..Got reminded of 07 cheap exit in T20 world cup. IPL started in 08 and thought frequent exposure to T20s helped us somewhat to reach 09 finals.. Trade-offs in ODIs and TESTS have been immense. So yeh u can call it as a destroyer....

Lol I was the one to post about this program 2-3 days ago.I fucking missed it
Don't even talk about that IPL shit.It has hurt SL cricket enough.

Saying that the IPL is an international cricket destroyer is true to a certain extent. But people don't actually realise that this can have good outcomes for global cricket. Hopefully people will end up playing more for clubs/franchises and there will be less ODIs.

There are so many pointless ODIs. For example, the recent tri nations in Bangladesh. I'm happy that Sri Lanka won but there was no significance in the tournament at all. I don't really care if we win a random tri series or a hastily put together bilateral series.

I hope the IPL really takes off and other domestic leagues emerge. Cricket is the only team sport in the world that relies on international matches. In rugby or football you support a club/franchise majority of the year and then an international match comes along and it's such a major event. An international match in those sports are almost always sold out where ever they are played. An international cricket match happens so often that some people are actually unaware that there is a match going on.

There is a concern for test matches. I think they are very important, however, Test matches too need some context but the plan for a test championship was shot down. There is an argument that the IPL is adversely affecting test cricket (by making players choose money over country) but the biggest problem is the unmarketability of the other test nations (sl,pak,wi,nz,ban). Hopefully in the future domestic leagues will raise the profile of these countries and can help solve this problem.

To those who say that the IPL cost us 2 matches in England, it should be noted that SL was asked to step in as a very late replacement. This tour was not planned years in advance and was not in the FTP. By then the players were already given assurance by the SL board that they will be allowed to play in the IPL. It's unfair blaming the players as they were basically given a guarantee of more than a years salary (many years for some players) for six weeks work and then all of a sudden asked to give it up. Asking someone to give up that kind of money is not fair. If people think that giving players a better standard of living by allowing them to maximise their marketing and talent potential (through IPL or whatever) is a bad thing, then fair play to them. If at all its done SL cricket a favour. The players are allowed the 6 weeks to play in the IPL for which they receive a salary that the board would never be able to match. In return the players play as many pointless matches that the board forces them to.

As for players getting injured in the IPL, that's the risk of any physical occupation. You can't tell a person not to go do what he's good at because if he gets injured then you can't use him. If that is to be the case then the SL board should pay them enough money so that they can force the players to stay at home and not play in the IPL (which is obviously not possible). Also if he wasn't playing at the IPL then he may have been practising in the nets at his club or something so the risk of getting injured is still there.

Arajuna says stuff like this once in awhile to get publicity.. he has always been like that! ad for people who criticize IPL think of the good sides of it too! for example Sangakkara's batting! he has become really aggressive and the first step for that I saw in last year's IPL in SA. And the more we play 2020s the better for the 2020wc preparation which is right after IPL..
I have argued over and over again about this in an earlier thread about IPL so I will not talk more..
finally, even if Preity Zinta is teaching Sangas batting I really wouldnt mind that because it has certainly worked positively in Sanga's batting in the shorter formats of the game and hence has benefited SL!

Yes machan Sanga did well in IPL,but his new batting style was born due to his frustration v IND.It was that 3rd Test match 130+ he made that got him to this mode.I'm sure he must have talked with team management about the role he's gonna play in ODIs.Sanath not in the team is probably one reason for his new batting style.
TBH IPL has harmed us more than it has helped.IMO IPL should be held in every 2 years or should be banned.