Shahrukh Khan’s on-field ‘heroics’ fail to amuse people-Yahoo survey

People don’t seem to be amused by the Shahrukh Khan’s ‘heroics’ on the Wankhede stadium during IPL match between KKR and Mumbai Indians on May 17. SRK entered the stadium to celebrate the KKR victory over Mumbai Indians with some his friends well after mid-night and picked up a verbal fight with the security staff.



According to an online survey on Yahoo, 61% people have voted against team owners going gung-ho on the field during or after the match. 36% feel that they have no problems with such behavior.



The recently concluded IPL season 5 has left unsavory memories which put a question mark on the future of country’s biggest extravaganza. These controversies were even echoed in the parliament. Apart from SRK episode, cricketers’ involvement in Mumbai in controversial rave party and alleged spot fixing during IPL matches have brought disgrace to gentleman’s game which will keep rankling in future too.



According to survey, 61.5 % respondents believe that the IPL format has had a positive effect on Indian cricket, while 68.9 % believe that IPL players are involved in match-fixing. The alleged spot fixing IPL matches have made many experts point finger at two strategic time-outs in every IPL innings. 56.5% people are in favor of two strategic time-outs in every IPL innings.



Those who are worried about the unlimited or black money involved in IPL, here are some survey findings. , 66.6% respondents say that cricketers receive ‘under the table’ payments to play the game while 14.4 % disagree and 19% were unaware of the subject. 79.1% of the respondents feel that the IPL cricketers are paid more than what they actually deserve.



Spot fixing and match fixing is in the limelight, with over 68.9% respondents believing that IPL players are involved, and 57.3% believe that Indian players are involved in fixing matches.



When it comes to reality checks 56.6% of the respondents feel that IPL is responsible for players getting exposed to injuries.



41.5% think that player-loaning similar to basket ball, base ball, soccer and other sports league should be allowed in IPL while 32.6% of the people were unaware of the concept.



But the biggest surprise of the survey is that bouncy Navjot Singh Sidhu emerged as one of the least popular commentators during IPL. Ravi Shastri takes the crown as the best commentator with 30.5% majority, followed by Harsha Bhogle (19%) and Danny Morrison (18.4%).



Navjot Singh Sidhu (34.4%), Ajay Jadeja (11.7%), and Rameez Raja (9.8%) are voted as the least popular commentators this season

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