Cricket News Desk. Every year whenever IPL comes, it brings with it many colors. Like foreign players getting colored in Indian colours, cheerleaders getting glamor in the noise of cricket in stadiums or domestic cricketers dreaming of wearing Indian jersey at the international level. You must have heard and read the stories of many such players who made a place in the Indian team at the international level on the basis of their performance in the IPL.
But the story we are going to tell is neither an analysis of the runs scored by Kane Williamson or Rishabh Pant in the IPL, nor a specific comment on the performance of any player, nor the achievements of any player selected for the World Cup this time. . Has been mentioned.
Rather, this is the story of the glitz of IPL which gets lost in the glamor and is unable to reach you. The story of those cheerleaders who come from abroad every year to be a part of IPL. Everyone talks about them, but have you ever tried to know them?
Last year, the cheerleaders of 6 out of 8 teams in the IPL were of foreign origin while the cheerleaders of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were indigenous. Do you know that most of the cheerleaders in IPL are not from Russia but from Europe? Some cheerleaders who were formerly dancers later joined the cheerleading profession.
The profession of cheerleaders is no less than sports. Like athletes, they have to do a lot of training to keep their bodies flexible. They work and train just as hard as the players on the field.
while the men were cheerleaders
The culture of cheerleading is one of the most popular in America. This trend is also prevalent in sports held in Europe. You will be surprised to know that cheerleading started from Minnesota University in America and it was not a woman but a man named John Campbell.
Not only this, the cheer squad he created was all men. However, after 1940, during World War II, men had to go to the front to fight, after which women began to be recruited as cheerleaders.
Well, let us take you from history to present and now talk about the earnings of cheerleaders. Do you know that these cheerleaders come here through agencies and their contracts are with these agencies only.
In EPL, foreign origin cheerleaders earn about 1500-2000 pounds per month i.e. about 1 lakh 80 thousand rupees. It is also important to mention here that there is a difference in the salary of European cheerleaders and cheerleaders from any other country. The salary of these cheerleaders is determined according to the currency of their country.
Are the audience's gaze fixed on them?
Have you ever felt how these girls feel while cheerleading in IPL? On this a cheerleader says that she likes it very much in India and she feels like a celebrity here. People come to ask for his autograph.
However, while advising the audience, England's Dan Bateman says that people should understand that dancing on the podium is not a luxury. We are girls whose profession is cheerleading. We should be treated like humans and no one should comment on our bodies.
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