How the cricket landscape changed forever

18 years ago, when Kolkata Knight Riders took Royal Challengers Bangalore in the first match of the Indian Premier League, no one knew what was expected. By the end of the game, one received this idea – IPL was to live here. That it will grow up. Brendon McCullum batted that evening as if anyone was on the cricket field before he was on the ground. One out of an unbeaten 158 off 73 balls against a quality bowling line-up? 222 overs 20 overs? What was that?

All this started with MS Dhoni Bining T20 WC home

India was not completely new to the concept of T20 cricket. Only a few months ago, MS Dhoni led a young side to win the inaugural T20 World Cup, but the IPL will change everything. Cricket commerce will never be the same again. The players will also be redefined again.

What did IPL do? Indians and Australians brought close

A few years before the IPL, India and Australia cricketers may barely stand to stay in the same room or so it seems so. The IPL put a lot of them in the same dressing-room and although it took a few years to come together, they now meet famous. On April 18, 2008, the RCB vs KKR Game changed the scenario for young domestic cricketers of India, as you would not have imagined.

In a passionate country, how many young Indian could go for a successful career with the Indian team? The IPL not only offered her beautiful salary, but also gave them a platform that was sometimes more competitive than bilateral international games. 18 years ago, Virat Kohli had not yet played for India and managed only 1 in the pursuit of 223 because RCB turned to 82.

Oh wait, gave us Virat Kohli too

Today, Kohli is the most successful IPL batter and owns almost every record that you can think as an international batsman. No, it has not only suggested the IPL to contribute to Kohli’s great growth – the Indian domestic structure is of high quality and the BCCI has spent a lot of money to its players to go on tourism. But his great development as a T20 cricketer thanks to the IPL.

It took India almost 2 decades to win its next T20 World Cup, but it was not due to lack of talent. Different coaches and captains had different views of how to attach the smallest format internationally and while India dominated the bilateral series, made great progress in one-day international and became a great trial side, T20 World Cup reached a distance.

More results – India Best T20I team

Finally, he abandoned the old ways and what the IPL taught him and pulled forward – the result, a T20 World Cup in 2024, 17 years later MS Dhoni’s men did so in South Africa. India now has the most scary T20I side which has probably gathered.

Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya and Axer Patel have said an incredible in the IPL – Shreyas Iyer, who has been in a bright ODI for one year, has been making a strong case in this T20 side and the bowlers have provoked us. Left-arm leg-spin? got it. Right Arm Express Speed? Sure. Left-hand speed? Absolutely. Spin and medium speed bowling all-rounders? Why not!

The entertainment factor was largely in the IPL. Cricket was “real. But when you were away from the owners of the glamorous team, the quality of cricket was incredible. Where could you see Jayasuria and Tendulkar together or in the same team from Ponting and Ganguly?

Who would have thought in 2008?

The player’s auction is a practice in some of the smartest strategic decisions in the board-room. You remember the scars there and the IPL season can be really wrong. Every auction throws some wild surprise, but then when you watch those games, you realize why teams stand on the choice of Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc or Shreyas Iyer.

IPL is the world’s largest T20 league. India’s success as T20I side will now give more encouragement to the T20 World Cup and the team can now be sending its best players to the IPL and internationally Indian. If you were given this summary of IPL 18 years ago, you will believe it.