Living up to its promise
One of the primary objectives of the India Premier League was to to unearth Indian talent and bring relatively hidden skills to the fore in front of a global audience courtesy satellite television
Akhila Ranganna
25-Feb-2013
One of the primary objectives of the India Premier League was to to unearth Indian talent and bring relatively hidden skills to the fore in front of a global audience courtesy satellite television. Finally, as R Kaushik writes in the Deccan Herald, in its fourth season, the league seems to be realising that goal.
The Yusuf Pathans and Ravindra Jadejas used the IPL as the stepping stone to India caps. If a few more can follow suit, then the IPL can rightfully take credit for being an assembly line, and not merely for bestowing ‘unreasonable’ gifts on the not-so-gifted.
Akhila Ranganna is assistant editor (Audio) at ESPNcricinfo