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Champions At 3pm, Gone By 3pm — The Day Deccan Chargers Ceased to Exist

Introduction  On September 14, 2012, the Deccan Chargers franchise — winner of the 2009 IPL title, finalists in 2010, a team that had played five full IPL seasons — ceased to exist. Not at the end of a season. Not through a planned winding-up. By a BCCI notice that was sent the previous day, giving… Continue reading Champions At 3pm, Gone By 3pm — The Day Deccan Chargers Ceased to Exist

BY Admin - July 23, 2026

The Night 250,000 People Came and Cricket Broke Their Hearts — RCB’s Title Tragedy 

Introduction  The story of RCB’s 2025 IPL title has two parts. The first is pure joy: an 18-year wait, ended. Virat Kohli on his knees in tears. Rajat Patidar raising the trophy. Six runs the margin. The most emotional IPL Final the competition had ever seen. The second part is heartbreak. When the winning team… Continue reading The Night 250,000 People Came and Cricket Broke Their Hearts — RCB’s Title Tragedy 

BY Admin - July 23, 2026

30 Balls. Then 35. Then 39. — The Story of IPL’s Most Explosive Centuries

Introduction  To score a century in a T20 match is special. To score it in 40 balls — needing to hit a boundary or a six roughly every other delivery for an entire innings — is astonishing. To score it in 30 balls, as Chris Gayle did in 2013, is something that cricket had to sit with… Continue reading 30 Balls. Then 35. Then 39. — The Story of IPL’s Most Explosive Centuries

BY Admin - July 23, 2026

The Franchise That Holds Both The Highest and Lowest IPL Score — The RCB Paradox

Introduction  If you wanted to build a cricket franchise that perfectly captures the chaos and beauty of the sport, you might accidentally build Royal Challengers Bengaluru. In 2013, they scored 263 for 5 in 20 overs — the highest team total in IPL history at the time, built around Chris Gayle’s 175 off 66 balls.… Continue reading The Franchise That Holds Both The Highest and Lowest IPL Score — The RCB Paradox

BY Admin - July 23, 2026

From $1.5 Million to â‚ą27 Crore — The Wild Story of IPL’s Most Expensive Players 

Introduction  January 2008. A hotel ballroom in Mumbai. A roomful of franchise owners who are about to bid on cricket players for the first time. Nobody knows what prices are correct. Nobody knows how high to go. The BCCI has set base prices but nobody knows if they are realistic. Then Deccan Chargers pay $1.5 million —… Continue reading From $1.5 Million to â‚ą27 Crore — The Wild Story of IPL’s Most Expensive Players 

BY Admin - July 23, 2026

The Three Coaches Who Built Dynasties — Fleming, Ponting and Sangakkara’s IPL Legacy

Introduction  Cricket coaching has a reputation problem. For years, people assumed that in a game of individual skills, a coach could only do so much. The bowler either has a good action or he does not. The batsman either reads spin or he cannot. The coach, in this view, is a support act — someone who arranges… Continue reading The Three Coaches Who Built Dynasties — Fleming, Ponting and Sangakkara’s IPL Legacy

BY Admin - July 23, 2026

Women’s Premier League — The IPL’s Sister Competition and What It Means

Introduction  In 2023, the BCCI launched the Women’s Premier League — the women’s equivalent of the IPL, with five franchises, an auction system, overseas players, and the same marketing infrastructure that had made the men’s competition the world’s richest T20 tournament. In two seasons, the WPL has transformed the landscape of women’s T20 cricket globally.… Continue reading Women’s Premier League — The IPL’s Sister Competition and What It Means

BY Admin - July 23, 2026

When Two Batters Become Unstoppable — IPL’s Three Greatest Partnerships 

Introduction  A partnership in T20 cricket is different from a partnership in any other format. There is no time to settle in, no value in watching the first few overs carefully. A great T20 partnership must attack from the first ball. Both batters must make the bowling look worse than it is. And when it… Continue reading When Two Batters Become Unstoppable — IPL’s Three Greatest Partnerships 

BY Admin - July 23, 2026

From Nobody to National Hero — How the IPL Finds Talent In Places Cricket Forgot

Introduction  For most of Indian cricket’s history, if you were born in the right city — Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai — you had a pathway. Good coaches. Proper grounds. Access to selectors who watched matches in your state. If you were born anywhere else, you relied on being so obviously brilliant that someone would eventually… Continue reading From Nobody to National Hero — How the IPL Finds Talent In Places Cricket Forgot

BY Admin - July 23, 2026

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