5 reasons why Indian Cricketers should be permitted to play overseas T20 leagues

Professional T-20 leagues have gained immense popularity over the years. Cricket followers all over the world perceive these tournaments as an excellent medium for cricketers to stage their skills and discover new potentials.

One of the most successful sports leagues in the world, the Indian Premier League evidently became a huge professional and commercial success. Players from different countries come together to play as one team and display varying levels of intermixing of diverse cultures.

Carribean Premier League, South Africa Ram Slam T-20 league, England NatWest T-20 Blast League, Big Bash League are few other such tournaments held across the globe. Although they do not enjoy as much popularity as IPL, they are definitely a platform which the cricketers need to enhance their performance.

Such leagues are essential for all cricketers as it helps them to understand the mindset of their contemporaries against whom they will play in time. This is the prime advantage that the foreign players get when they play in IPL.

Similarly, Indian cricketers can participate in the T-20 leagues overseas and reap this benefit. Thus it's time that BCCI allows Men in Blue to start participating actively in these leagues. Here, we have listed five most important reasons why they should do so.

#1 Knowing the conditions

For the past few years, experts and fans have continuously raised questions upon the way Indian national cricket team performs overseas.These popular cricket leagues worldwide will provide an excellent opportunity for the Indian cricket team to ply their trades on the foreign grounds.

This experience will help them when they visit the respective countries for international matches. It is a perfect opportunity to understand all the external factors that affect the game and mould their techniques accordingly. Being aware of the conditions can prove a crucial point when the team is under pressure.

#2 Opportunity to expand game

One of the biggest advantages of IPL is that it brings the international rivals together to play in one team. Playing side by side, they get an excellent chance to observe and study the techniques and styles used by the others very closely.

Similarly, when the Indian cricketers will play with the foreign players in their leagues, it will provide a wide scope for them to come across new skills.

The age-old techniques are often improvised and this might be a great chance for our players, especially youngsters to learn new things and expand their game. It gives them a chance to observe how the players adapt to unfavourable conditions. Beyond everything, the one who knows his opponents well has better chances of winning.

#3 Learning strengths and weaknesses of other players

Domestic T-20 leagues are the best time to learn about the potential of one’s international opponents. It will allow the Indian players to understand the strengths and weaknesses foreign players in foreign conditions. The right amount of estimation about the know-hows of opposition plays a crucial role in penning down a plan to overcome them.

It is not only restricted to the players who have already established their careers playing for the national team. But also for all those players who will be a part of the national set-up in the future. These leagues give experiences which will help them play more efficiently against the other teams.

#4 Building Strategies

Cricket is a game that involves both skills and strategies. Playing with members of other teams on their home ground will definitely provide an insight into the strategies which they use during international matches.

It will enable the Indian players in anticipating the strategies of these players to their finest detail and build counter plans when they faceoff on the international level. When they will play under the best minds in the world, it will surely hone up their own skills.

#5 A Platform to silence critics

As we have often seen, such cricket leagues involving players from different countries provide a wide platform to display their skills. There are many players who proved their worth in domestic leagues. A large number of players gave answers to all the criticisms surrounding them while using such leagues as the grandstand.

Indian cricketers can meet the same fate if they start playing in other popular leagues. More than everything else, it is a dais for the players to answer all their critics when they are questioned.