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Which IPL season do you love?

We asked readers what their favourite season of the IPL is

29-Apr-2015
Eight seasons in, but the first still remains the favourite  •  BCCI

Eight seasons in, but the first still remains the favourite  •  BCCI

John Dallman
The very first season was my favourite simply because it was new and strange. One didn't know what to expect, and Brendon McCullum's 158 in the first match answered that: spectacular, dramatic play. The subsequent seasons have not had the same drama. They've been good, but they've been within the pattern set by the first one.
Freddie Wilde
The IPL 2012 was the season when the cricket outgrew its Bollywood stimulant. Kolkata Knight Riders, a team in turmoil in the early seasons, placed cricket first, embraced Moneyball, and won. The IPL was about cricket, and the cricket was serious. The most successful teams on the pitch are now the most popular teams off it.
Pranam
IPL 2010 for RCB! We had a bunch of great people in our squad. Legends like Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Jacques Kallis; veterans like Kevin Pietersen, Dale Steyn, Mark Boucher, Ross Taylor; local talents like Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Vinay Kumar (Dravid and Kumble too); and some Indian non-locals like Virat Kohli (we still have him), Praveen Kumar and many more.
Abhijeet
I think the 2009 season of the IPL was the best. The conditions in South Africa made it an equal contest between bat and ball and there was no added advantage to either side. It was also a keenly-contested season and the sheer brilliance from Gilly [Adam Gilchrist] made it even better.
Abhishek Reji
IPL 2012 was my favourite. Most matches going down to the wire, the most deserving players got the Orange and Purple Caps (Chris Gayle and Morne Morkel). It was simply stunning to see Sunil Narine baffle batsmen in 2012.
Nishant Dogra
My favourite season of IPL was 2008. It was something new for the audience to see Sachin Tendulkar open with Sanath Jayasuriya for Mumbai Indians, Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag for Delhi Daredevils, and some foreign flavour in a domestic tournament. We had unexpected champions in Rajasthan Royals. New stars began to rise: the likes of Yusuf Pathan, Pragyan Ojha, M Vijay, R Ashwin, and the list go on.
Which is your favourite IPL season?
1 votes
2008: New and strange
2009: African safari
2010: The Modi mess
2011: Two good Super Kings
2012: Purple takes over
2013: Towel trouble
2014: The Knights ruleth again
2015: Because it's on
Maroof Fajandar
My favourite season of the IPL till now has been the third one because until then the growth of the IPL was upwards. We saw innovation and creativity: every edition had something new coming until then. However, after that it has become the same thing over and over. It's run very much like how the ICC operates world cricket. It is not 'cricketainment' anymore.
Afnan Junaidi
My favourite IPL season was IPL 7. The first leg was in the UAE. Players performing in the desert, tickets being sold out and Maxi's [Glenn Maxwell's] raining sixes. We want the first leg of every IPL season to be in the UAE.
Prajval J
My favourite season was 2013 because the legend of cricket - the one and only Sachin Tendulkar - played his final IPL for the Mumbai Indians.
Parag Jain
My favourite season of the IPL is the first season because the excitement was at its peak as it was the first time something like this was happening in India. Another reason is the performance of the winners, Rajasthan Royals. Before the tournament started, Royals looked the weakest, but one foreign captain took the trophy away from seven Indian captains. It was amazing!
Venkatesh Ramachandran
2011 is my favorite IPL season because it had more IPL games and teams.
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