Five years ago, I wrote a column about the phenomenal appeal of the IPL and its transformation of cricket in a manner inspired by the televised razzle-dazzle of American sport. India not only livened up a game that was originally invented in staid and decorous Victorian England; it also brought the game into the twenty-first century, complete with rampant commercialization.
五年前，我在一篇专栏文章中指出了IPL的显著魅力及其将板球转变为电视狂欢式的美国运动。印度不但让这个起源于保守优雅的维多利亚时期英国的运动活力四射，还把它带入了二十一世纪，用无孔不入的商业化完善了它。现在，比赛流程会被两分半钟的“策略暂停”打断，让广告商向数以亿计的狂热电视观众推销商品。