There have been a lot of controversies regarding the Indian Premier League and its significant consequences on the quality of cricket. According to senior and retired legends of cricket, IPL and T20 Cricket is the main reason for the decline of quality cricketers in and around the world especially India. Also the fact that IPL is such a cash rich tournament players with minimum skills and hard work end up earning a hefty bank balance by the end of the season. This in turn has degraded the quality of uprising young cricketers in the country who initially used to focus on Test Cricket and now can do away with a place in the T20 side only. This remains as a topic of controversy though; with India winning the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2011 just prior to IPL IV has sealed out a lot of critics.
Although former veteran cricketers are of the opinion that T20 cricket can be a cause of the Test cricket dying out, it can be a debatable issue as well. It is indeed important to promote test cricket all over again which happens to be the main form of cricket. The shorter version of the game is only an entertainment package for the audience and calls for massive attack with the bat and ball. Skills of a cricketer haven’t yet been under the radar in this form of the game.
Amidst all these one truth remains; IPL and T20 has added to too much of cricket for the cricketers thereby leading to a fatigued squad which hampers performance altogether. It was astonishing to see a break of only 4 days before the fourth edition of IPL after the World Cup in 2011. The busy IPL 2012 Schedule of more than a month long tournament like IPL has made life pretty hectic for the performers. Although some think players perform well at this cash rich tournament whereas compromise with the quality of performance when it comes to defending the nation against the odds.
The BCCI along with the Governing Council of the IPL has released the IPL 2012 Schedule earlier this year. The event is going to last for a period of 54 days with 76 matches being played including the Qualifiers, Eliminator match and Final. So, don’t forget to book your IPL Tickets as soon as possible. The tournament is going to kick off on the 4th of April at the MA Chidambaram Stadium; Chennai with Defending champions Chennai Super Kings facing the Champions League T20 champions of last season Mumbai Indians. The finals will also be staged at the same venue on 27th of May 2012. 9 teams will be a part of the event which initially was 8 till the third edition until new entries Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Pune Warriors joined the league last season. However Kochi Tuskers has been disqualified by the BCCI for the breach of agreement this year. The intensity of the tournament has always been higher with stadiums remaining a house full even on working days.
With Bollywood celebrities like Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Preity Zinta, Deepika Padukone, Katrina Kaif etc. cheering their franchises with the crowd, the IPL has managed to deliver a perfect package of entertainment. Every year they’ve managed to incorporate something innovative that has been received with huge appreciation from the common cricket lovers. The 55 days cricket carnival is what the cricket lovers of not only India but also the world look forward to every year. The controversies are there to remain but that hasn’t affected the course of the tournament till date. It is also the only domestic tournament that international players from all across the world look forward to with a lot of seriousness and new comers accept it as a platform to prove their mettle.
This is the complete IPL 2012 Schedule
| April 4: CSK vs Mumbai Indians April 5: KKR vs Delhi Daredevils April 6: Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors April 6: Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab April 7: RCB vs Delhi Daredevils April 7: Deccan Chargers vs CSK April 8: Rajasthan Royals vs KKR April 8: Pune Warriors vs Kings XI Punjab April 9: Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians April 10: RCB vs KKR April 10: Delhi Daredevils CSK April 11: Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals April 12: CSK vs RCB April 12: Kings XI Punjab vs Pune Warriors April 13: KKR vs Rajasthan Royals April 14: Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers April 14: Pune Warriors vs CSK April 15: KKR vs Kings XI Punjab April 15: RCB vs Rajasthan Royals April 16: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils April 17: Rajasthan Royals vs Deccan Chargers April 17: RCB vs Pune Warriors April 18: Kings XI Punjab vs KKR April 19: Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils April 19: CSK vs Pune Warriors April 20: Kings XI Punjab vs RCB April 21: CSK vs Rajasthan Royals April 21: Delhi Daredevils vs Pune Warriors April 22: Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab April 22: Deccan Chargers vs KKR April 23: Rajasthan Royals vs RCB April 24: Pune Warriors vs Delhi Daredevils April 24: KKR vs Deccan Chargers April 25: Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians April 25::RCB vs CSK April 26: Pune Warriors vs India Deccan Chargers April 27: Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians April 28: CSK vs Kings XI Punjab |
| April 28: KKR vs RCB April 29: Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals April 29: Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers April 30: CSK vs KKR May 1: Deccan Chargers vs Pune Warriors May 1: Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils May 2: Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab May 3: Pune Warriors vs India Mumbai Indians May 4: CSK vs Deccan Chargers May 5: KKR vs Pune Warriors May 5: Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals May 6: Mumbai Indians vs CSK May 6: RCB vs Deccan Chargers May 7: Delhi Daredevils vs KKR May 8: Pune Warriors vs Rajasthan Royals May 8: Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab May 9: Mumbai Indians vs RCB May 10: Rajasthan Royals vs CSK May 11: Pune Warriors vs RCB May 12: KKR vs Mumbai Indians May 12: CSK vs Delhi Daredevils May 13: Rajasthan Royals vs Pune Warriors May 13: Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers May 14: RCB vs Mumbai Indians May 14: KKR vs CSK May 15: Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab May 16: Mumbai Indians vs KKR May 17: Kings XI Punjab vs CSK May 17: Delhi Daredevils vs RCB May 18: Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals May 19: Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils May 19: Pune Warriors vs KKR May 20: Deccan Chargers vs RCB May 20: Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians May 22: Qualifier 1 First Placed Team vs Second Placed Team May 23: Elminator Third Placed Team vs Fourth Placed Team May 25: Qualifier 2 Winner of Eliminator vs Loser of Qualifier1 May 27: Final Winner of Qualifier 1 vs Winner of Qualifier 2 |
