Advantages of IPL

1. While returning from the office, I don't have to wait long for the house door to be opened. Usually I return from office by 11:30 PM and have a hard time waking the guys to get the door opened. It takes two to three ringing of the bell followed by calls to the mobiles. But with IPL matches stretching close to midnight, Guys are awake watching the final overs and i get into the house at the first knock of the door.
2. At office, people leave early from the office, and i don't have to rush in to get front seat in the office bus. I start by 10.30 PM bus. So I can leisurely get in bus five minutes before the departure without the worry of being confined to the bumpy last seats.
3. This is a boon (or could be a bane) to the housewives, given the fact that the husband returns early from office. The overall lie-meter of the husband scores low during these periods as there is less of making about his staying out, by creating non-existent office meetings or the long-time friend who was never born.
4. Saturday and Sundays, there isn't too much traffic on roads (esp IT corridor) as guys happily spend the evening watching their favourite regional teams clash with the rivals. Not sure whether the guys really like being glued to the TV sets, but this is one way to make some savings, by avoiding Gucci and D&G girlfriends. But less spending in the weekends may lead to increase in inflation or make the current inflation persist.
5. This is an extension of point number 4. There is less air pollution in the cities. Greener city.. Hmmm.
6. It paves way for national integration, by erasing the borders between the states. Chennai cheers for M.S.Dhoni while Delhi prays for Dinesh Karthik. And the irony is that, this arises from a strong affiliation to the regional teams. Sometimes this has unintended effect too. Where else on earth would you clap when Albie Morkel dismisses Tendulkar !!!!
7. The most refreshing thing is that, at office, girls discuss T20 matches and thats a revelation considering the fact that test matches and ODI were by far not even the distant favourite of girls. IPL talks certainly eclipses the extensive talks about the serials or the movies or the parlours, atleast for sometime.