Understandably, the exposure of the IPL as a morass of deceit, discredited by “spot-fixing” episodes engineered by unscrupulous bookies and venal players, has deflated such heady notions. Cricket continues to hold many Indians in thrall, but many others have forsaken it in the wake of the IPL revelations.
不难理解，IPL遭到扒皮，露出了欺诈的混乱本质，肆无忌惮的赌博和受贿的选手的“现场操纵”败坏了IPL的名声，是它不再是令人振奋的符号。板球依然让众多印度人如痴如醉，但也有很多印度人因为IPL丑闻的曝光而远离板球。媒体的鞭挞来去如风，不消多久就会退去，但公众对IPL趋之若鹜的兴奋不会回来了。