Indian Premier League(IPL)- How Much It Is Responsible For The Debacle of Team India in Twenty-20 World Cup

This is the picture of Indian Cricket Team winning the Twenty-20 World Cup in 2007 in South Africa. Will this sort of picture ever be seen in future? We have our doubts.

Cause of doubts:

Indian cricket team has failed miserably in 2009 and 2010 twenty-20 world cups in England and West Indies respectively. Both times, the team made shameful exit without winning a single matches in super eight stage. As a matter of fact, they have lost six matches consecutively. And both times one big common factor stands out-IPL just before the World Cup.

How much IPL is to be blamed:

> IPL is a long tournament spreading more than a month and consists of more than 50 matches.

> Rest between the matches are few and intensity and crowd expectation is high.

> As it is played over a big country, players have to travel a lot.

> There are after match parties and celebration. Young players can be easily distracted by bucks, booze and blondes. And as the younger players are mostly from India, they are the worst sufferers. Most foreign players are seniors and established.

> Some key players are injued like Sehwag or Gautam Gambhir.

> As players are getting big and easy money, they are not motivated enough to do well for thier country.

Well, there are all speculations and there are other views as well.

> Man of the Series in Twenty-20 2010 Kevin Peterson and The Winning Captain of English Cricket Team Paul Collinwood- both of them said that they were benefited from IPL.

From next year, there will more matches in IPL(~ 90) as two more teams have been included. What will be the future of Indian Cricket?