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The South Africans have agreed to host the party and clean up the mess,but theyre somewhat worried about feeling like gatecrashers.....

The Times South Africa

The South Africans have agreed to host the party and clean up the mess,but theyre somewhat worried about feeling like gatecrashers. The Times of South Africa says there are few sops for the country as they act as a foster home for the Indian Premier League,a made-in-India and made-for-India event. Although Modi is urging South Africans to support the matches,their presence primarily will be to act as wallpaper to the television pictures sent back to Indiaand,to be fair,many other countries too,including South Africa through SuperSport, says the newspaper in Few IPL sops for SA hosts. Matches are timed to suit Indian prime timings,and all the television,sponsorship and gate money will go the IPL directly,with no concessions made to local interests in terms of player eligibility.

The Telegraph united kingdom

Having been flirted with briefly as a potential host,England is caught between feeling disappointed at the snub and thanking its luck. The Telegraph prefers to take the latter line of thought,saying that the IPL would have done nothing but provide a momentary bubble of thrill,but which would ultimately be indifferent to the state of cricket in the country. By the time the closing Bollywood tune had been played out,the last bedraggled piece of IPL tinsel had been disentangled from our Test grounds,and the final cheerleader removed her heavy make-up,English cricket would not have moved an inch closer to its long-term ambitions, it says in England should never have flirted with the IPL. Agreeing to help what is really a foreign league makes no sense,according to the paper,when there are issues like coaching troubles,management miscommunication and the sagging form of the English team to contend with.

sydney morning herald australia

With their teams cricketing fortunes taking a dip in recent times,the Australians are eyeing IPL but focussing on their biggest occasion of the year: the Ashes. England as IPL host would have been a prefect preparation ahead of the big battle starting July,but the tournament in South Africa will still be a good test of players form,according to the Sydney Morning Herald,despite the vastly different nature of Twenty20 matches from Tests. A few overs of T20 bowling is a world removed from the subtleties and stamina required in the Test arena,but if Brett Lee can show he is capable of whizzing the ball around in the right conditions,he may start to win over the relevant observers, it says in IPL move bodes well for Ashes aspirants.

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BBCs Mihir Bose feels the IPLs move out from India has dented Indias reputation as a world player and as a sports host. In IPL move takes shine off India,Bose says: 8230;event shows the Indians have a lot to learn as to how to sustain a sporting event that can command worldwide respect. A truly international sports event has to follow certain widely-accepted parameters including location,timing,venues and regularity.