The Indian Premier League is now all ready to hit the pitch. The glamorous 2-month fest is nothing new for us. We all know about the big names, cricketers, fancy sponsors and lavish preparations which are being conducted during the event. But among these, are the cheerleaders who have their own role in the whole event.
These girls ass glam factor to the league. While the quick thought for people when figuring out the demerits of their job is the idea of them dancing in the heat, there are a dozen other things that they have to deal with in order to do their jobs.
Here let's have a look at 5 things we didn’t know about IPL cheerleaders:

1. Dealing with having things thrown at them:
The rules about what is permissible inside the stadium vary from each ground but controlling taking inside coins, chargers, bottles is not enough. People often have trash and left after which they often use to trouble either other spectators or the cheerleaders.

2. The ogling and staring;
This is the most common problem for any cheerleader and maybe most celebrity females in general. While most of it may not be out of ill intentions, but it is never a comfortable sight. Moreover, since sexual harassment, in general, is not easy to dismiss across any field. When the very concept of cheerleading revolves around catering to the male gaze, sexual harassment is likely to be common.

3. White beauty standards or are Indian women not supposed to cheerlead?
This is a common thinking that white women should be the only ones dominating the profession because the Indian girls are too good for this. How is it decided which ethnicity of girls are allowed to dance with short clothes and which ones are not?
Isn't it is a pure case of racism?

4. No mingling with cricketers:
The BCCI barred the cheerleaders from interacting with the cricketers in the IPL. Some of them, if they meet the players, is either because they did commercial together or were part of some promotional activity.

5. Bearing with the ugly costumes:
Many times, the costumes the cheerleaders look bizarre, uncomfortable and ugly. The material looks terrible, more so, in the heat. Funnily, the cheerleaders agree. But, they can’t really do anything about it because it’s like a uniform. You just got to wear it without cribbing.