Standing tall on the IPL platform
Judhajit
25-Feb-2013
AFP
The most important thing for a youngster is to learn from each and every international player in their IPL team. With stars coming from different parts of the world, it is a good opportunity for the youngsters to learn from the players' experiences of having played in different conditions. Suresh Raina in an interview to Harish Kotian in Rediff.com also believes that the IPL provides a good platform for up-and-coming Indian cricketers to announce themselves.
Last year the IPL was a great help because not only did I learn a lot of things playing with international cricketer, but it also helped me comeback into the Indian team...so many people all around the world follow the tournament. It is a big opportunity, especially for India's domestic cricketers to prove themselves on the world stage.
Fringe benefits apart from turning around lives for a number of unknown cricketers, the inaugural IPL also proved to be the perfect platform for fringe cricketers and those with obvious potential to enhance their reputation, writes Bharat Sundaresan in the Indian Express.
Two years is a long time in Twenty20 cricket. As MS Dhoni returns to South Africa for IPL's second season, the place of his epochal, primary triumph, he will carry with him memories of the big bang in 2007. That was the year India’s World T20 win stimulated a fledgling format into galvanizing cricket’s thought processes. Partha Bhadhuri in the Times of India believes the challenge then was to maintain a sense of proportion, which perhaps led to a charmed IPL away from Indian shores
The India Premier League thought out of the box, taking the concept and turning it on its head. Which is why a second year of IPL festivities, in the place where T20 first mutated into the game’s cheerleader, could be the best thing for a format still evolving with each keen contest.
Having burnt their fingers last year with Bangalore Royal Challengers, the bookies are a lot more careful this time around. Ahead of IPL II, they are putting money on Chennai Super Kings followed by the Delhi Daredevils and Mumbai Indians with Deccan Chargers bringing up the rear. Manish Pachouly in the Hindustan Times has more.