Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Cheer Girls: The Changing Face of IPLs…

IPL cheerleader – Pretty Young Things (PYTs)

We Indians can’t have all the luck, it seems. Alas, those gorgeous, hot and sexy babes in itsy bitsy tiny nothings who were the delight to both genders and all those in between (yes, even gals loved them and one can bet, found them aspirational…) will now have to wait till such time that Indian audience across classes mature to handle such wonders with care…
Pune warriors cheer girls

Though it is early in the IPL 4 tournament to make a generalizing statement but the Sahara honcho’s move to bring in Indian themed cheer girls have certainly added a new twist to the tale. The chief of Pune Warriors India apparently thought of Indian dances based cheer item girls. In accordance to that idea the Pune Warriors Versus Kings XI Punjab saw Haryanvi dancers doing the Ghumar…
IPL 4 cheergirls CSK

IPL Season 1 exposed the Indian audiences for the first time to the culture of cheer girls, quite popular in the West. While the masses loved it, the high priests of morality were crying foul while middle classes though gleeful in private were hugely embarrassed in public.
Soon there were calls to have the gals covered up… slowly but surely the gals covered up….from swim suits to jumper shorts and now track suits.
CSK Cheerleaders

Simultaneously these were calls to have Indian girls as Indians are often accused to be obsessed with the fair skin. Soon, we saw Indian faces too…
Cheerleaders-Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala(KTK)

These ‘covered up firaang’ cheers gals look good, right? Well, no harm having both the stereotypes side by side… Seen are cheer girls doing their bit during the IPL 4 – Kochi Tuskers versus Royal Challenges match.
Shilpa Shetty Rajasthan Royals


Well, in India with many Bollywood actresses being owners of IPL teams, their teams don’t really need cheer leaders, do they? Why would Shilpa Shetty’s Rajasthan Royals want to look beyond the red hot Mrs Shetty?

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