The IPL, which looked like an experiment, continued to be the largest tournament in the T20 jack, and when we look back, the journey was special.
18 years ago, when Knight Riders took Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the first match of the Indian Premier League, nobody knew what to expect. At the end of the game, he got an idea – he was here to stay IPL. It would be so big. Brendon McCullum was beaten like no one in the cricket area before. 158 of 73 balls against a quality Bowling series? 222 closed 20 sailors? What was that?
Everything Started with Ms Dhoni Brning T20 WC Home
India was not completely new in the T20 Cricket concept. Just a few months ago, Mrs. Dhoni took a young side in the T20 World Cup, but IPL would change everything. Cricket trade would never be the same again. Player competition would also be redefined.
What did IPL do? Indians and Australians close
A few years before the IPL, India and Australian cricketists almost never stopped to be in the same room, or it looks so. IPL put many of them in the same dressing room, and even though it takes a few years to get along, they are now famous. The RCB vs KKR game on April 18, 2008 changed the view of India’s young indigenous cricketists as you will not imagine.
How many young people can be for successful careers with the Indian team in a country obsessed with cricket? IPL not only offered them handsome salaries, but also gave them a more competitive platform than dual international games. 18 years ago, Virat Kohli had not yet played for India, and only one of the 223 chase was directed, as he folded for RCB 82.
Oh wait, Virat gave us Kohli
Today, Kohli has every record that you can think of as an international slope and an international slope. No, it does not just claim that IPL has contributed to the great rise of Kohli – India has high quality and spent a lot of money to ensure that BCCI players go to tours. However, as the T20 cricket player, most of its development was thanks to IPL.
It took about twenty years to win India’s next T20 World Cup, but it was not because of the lack of ability. Different coaches and captains had different ideas about how to approach the shortest format in the international arena, and India dominated in binary series, while one -day international areas took great steps in international areas and became a big test side, and the T20 World Cup seemed to be very lying.
And the result – India Best T20I team
Finally, they threw old methods and adapted to what IPL taught them and withdrew – the result is a T20 World Cup in 2024, 17 years after Mrs. Dhoni’s men made in South Africa. India now has the most terrible T20i side.
Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Tilak Arrival, Surekumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel, IPL – Shreyas Iyer, who had been in the form of a striking ODI for a year and a half and filed a strong lawsuit to enter this T20i side. Left arm leg spin? I understand Right arm express pace? Certainly. Left arm tempo? Certainly. Spin and medium tempo versatile? From where!
The entertainment factor was big in IPL. Cricket’anment ‘was real. However, when you look away from the eye -catching team owners, the quality of the jack was incredible. In the same team, where could you see Jayasuriya and Tendulkar together or Ponting and Ganguly?
Who could think in 2008?
The player auction is an exercise in some of the smartest strategic decisions in a wooden room. There you miss the sign and the IPL season can really go wrong. Each auction shouts some wild surprises, but when you see these games, you can see why teams look like Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc or Shreyas Iyer.
IPL is the world’s largest T20 league. India’s success as T20I side will now give the T20 World Cup more driving force, and teams will now be more willing to send their best players to IPL and get Indian Might in the international arena. If you were given to this summary of IPL 18 years ago, you will not believe it.
Editor’s selection
IPL’s 18 -year cricket: Cricket landscape has changed forever
Best stories
