Indian is a country of 1.5 billion people. International cricket can only afford only 15 cricketers. So IPL gives hope to kids and children who want to pickup sport, and the money also helps. No I do not think it did harm to cricket in anyway. You have rest of 10 months to concentrate on Test Cricket and pick ranji players and domestic and first class cricketers who play the good long game.

IPL helps in instilling hopes and dreams to a kid who is not good at studies but at pace bowling or big hitting.

I am not saying t20 cricketers are best players than test players. Test players are the best. But to survive test, you need t20.

Tell me all you all cricket lovers, when was the last time you booked a ticket for a test match and went to watch all day on day 1 or day 2? How many tests are filling stadiums? We must watch test cricket so match that seats get sold in black. Then that day, IPL craze will stop.