The IPL in its 20 - 20 format has been no doubt the greatest ever entertainment in the history of cricket. But everything comes with advantages and disadvantages alike.

Most people eagerly awaited to see the dual between the greats of their own country playing against themselves. This provided viewers a wonderful prospective to watch the matches. But “NOT EVERYTHING THAT GLITTERS IS GOLD”. This is said with respect to the controversy following the dual between our own national team players but playing against each other Harbhajan singh and Sreesanth. Both were hot headed from the start but it took a curious turn when King xi Punjab beat Mumbai Indians. Harbhajan singh slapped, to be precise punched in WWF style to Sreesanth and he burst out crying. Footages showing him crying were splattered across the news channels. Even after the incident sreesanth told the media that it was a shake hand in the wrong place. But after yuvraj singh lodged a official complaint the tables turned drastically. Sreesanth changed his statement as “After all a punch is a punch and that has come from a fellow team mate which has hurt me a lot”. This made the match between them even more curious and the match referee handed Bhajji 11 matches ban and 100% of the match fee and even handed sreesanth 2 match ban and advised him to control his emotions.

They have to have in mind that after this IPL is over they have to serve their country and play along side each other. Players having grudges against each other in the same team will affect the team’s harmony and composition. So IPL may bring in lots and lots of Moolah but with it, it also takes the players respect for each other, which in turn will result in poor show in the matches.

In both the cases if from one angle cricket wins, then from another angle the same cricket will suffer.