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#4 IPL wouldn’t have existed
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Rajasthan Royals team celebrate after winning the inaugural IPL in 2008
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One of the biggest cricketing events in the calendar year now is the Indian Premier League which takes place every year in the month of April and May. The tournament has been a star attraction for people all over the world and even the people who don't follow cricket that much remain glued to the television sets whenever an IPL match of their favourite team is going on.
The tournament kick started in the year 2008 as Brendon McCullum’s whirlwind 158 in the inaugural match of the IPL paved the way for much more success in the later years. Eight years down the line, the IPL is still the biggest domestic T20 tournament in the world.
But if India hadn’t won the T20 World Cup in 2007, it is highly unlikely that T20 cricket would have been so popular; the tournament wouldn’t have existed without India’s success. The success of India in the T20 World Cup was one of the major reasons why the Indian Premier League came into existence and became so popular.
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Arya Sekhar Chakraborty
Arya is a cricket journalist with around 8 years of experience who writes informative listicles and is in charge of text commentary at Sportskeeda. He is a graduate in Journalism, Psychology, and English, and has previously worked for websites such as CricTracker, SportzWiki, Cricket Addictor, Cricfit, OneCricket, and Cricket Exchange. His vast experience has led him to know the pulse of his readers and he cross-checks information from a number of credible sources before writing a single word for their sake.
A former Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) U14 and U16 player, Arya's tryst with cricket began after watching Sachin Tendulkar in action during his childhood. He is an ardent fan of Mumbai Indians (MI) owing to Tendulkar's initial involvement and also bleeds blue for his national team. He is an admirer of Test cricket as he feels the red-ball format teaches one about every facet of life.
Arya, who feels ODIs should not be completely replaced with T20Is owing to the former's pacing and charm, would like to go back in time to 1998 and watch the Master Blaster in action. He has experience in interviewing a few Bengali cricketers such as Kazi Junaid Saifi, Shib Shankar Pal, Sayan Ghosh and Prayas Ray Barman. He has also translated a couple of Bengali cricket books, and made Indian Premier League (IPL) pre-match videos.
He likes to spend time with his family and binge on web series during his spare time.
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