In the next few days, all sections of the media are going to sell you a product you've already been buying every year since 2008. Like Roadies and Sasural Simar Ka, the IPL is back to fill the evening slot on our televisions. It's that time of the year again when real cricketers take part in an edge-of-the-seat reality show. Thank God for Capitalism (NOT). But it's good entertainment, no denying that. It's great entertainment for us, the regular TV audiences, who have been fed with mediocrity in the form of Bigg Boss for years now. Compared to that, IPL is GOLD. And that's what it is, an entertainment show. NOT A CRICKET TOURNAMENT.

IPL is to Cricket what Rakhi Sawant is to Bollywood.

Now there are some good things and some bad things about the IPL. Let's focus on the good things first:

Big platform for young players

Manoj Tiwari, Jaspreet Bumrah and Hardik Pandya are just some of the players from the young lot to get worldwide recognition for their performances. These performances have transcended them into the national squad of the Indian team.

Other than the obvious recognition, talented players from economically weak backgrounds are also treated with lucrative contracts in the IPL, which is just as important as getting recognition.