Here are a few things I hate about the IPL in no particular order:

1. DLF Maximum: For uninformed, this term is used when a batsman hits a SIX. IPL commentators have stopped using the traditional term six or sixer and substituted this horrendous term prefixed by IPL's title sonspor DLF. When a batsman hits a six, commentators say "He has hit a DLF maximum" or "This bowler has been hit for a DLF-er". The sheer ridiculousness of this is astounding. What's next picking a second sponsor and substituting their name for a 4/boundary?
   
   
2. Citi Moment of Success: A term used by the commentators when something "spectacular" happens. Like a big wicket or a drop catch. Highly overused and there are usually multiple such moments in the game. I laugh at the irony in using the name of Citibank with "success" in this recession.
   
   
3. Strategic Timeouts: After the first 10 overs of every innings they take a mandatory break of 10 minutes. The over after this break (the 11th) claims one of the most victims, teams often falter here and the momentum is lost. During this break the IPL shows advertisements, Miss Bollywood selections and farcical interviews with school children. Everything is so cheesy and its screwing up the game even more. Even cricketers hate the interruption and Sachin Tendulkar has spoken out against it.
   
   
4. The shoddy quality of commentary: The quality of the commentary in the games have gone downhill quickly. Commentators don't bother to learn the proper names, they mis-pronounce common names (like Yuvraj Singh) and many a time pick out wrong batsman at the crease. Their comments are plain stupid and horribly obvious. Here's several examples from Cricinfo who have been keeping track.
   

   "Herschelle Gibbs is an opener, he has to score runs."
   Saba Karim has a eureka moment and lets everyone know

   "Two overs remaining. That's 12 balls, folks."
   Alistair Campbell joins the dots for the segment of the audience who thought they were watching the Superbowl

5. Cricketing Theater: Next in line are the theatrics employed by the IPL & it's commentators. One I saw last night at the semi-final: Danny Morrison & Laxman Sivaramakrishnan jump down onto a inflatable slide and go "wooooo wheee". Commentators complimenting each other like ladies "oh those shoes are nice", "that's a nice jacket" "oh have you lost weight?" -- what the hell is that banter it's not a morning talk show! Other things from IPL include the Miss Bollywood contest and the display of handing over 100,00 rand (approx 12,000 dollars) to various schools in large vanity checques. Ridiculous marketing opportunities squeezed into every available moment.
   
   
6. The de-evolution of cricket: Batsman playing shots that are right out of the book of Lagaan - The Movie. Some ridiculous scoop shots, switch hits and terrible hoicks. A lot of these don't pay off and make a mockery of the batsman. Test cricket was once the pinnacle of cricketing achievement and now it's being threatened by IPL and T20. Chris Gayle openly spoke that he wouldn't be sad if Test cricket went extinct and replaced by T20. See, Test cricket under F: Future of cricket.
   
   
7. Ok I lied, there were only 6 real ones but 7 had a better ring to it. So i'll add a cheesy one... how many times will you play "Jai Ho" over the speakers during the game? that song is old and the remix terrible. Also, note to whoever that handles the music there... Nusrat/Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Qawalli does not make for entertaining music that befits a fast paced T20 game.

Twenty20 is a fine game like a shot of adrenaline to cricket and IPL helps unearth new talent and is fun to watch with its fast paced format and mixed team setups. However the management of IPL has taken a game of T20 & cricket to a new low.