10 Best moments of IPL 2017

2. Cricketers playing it in the right spirit

It is often said that every sportsman should play hard but play within the spirit of the game. The cricket this year was pleasing to watch as it was indeed played in the right spirit. It was heartening to see Suresh Raina consoling youngster Rishabh Pant when he was devastated after being out for 97. Pant batted extremely well on the night but couldn’t get to the three-figure mark which really hurt the 19-year old Pant.

Hashim Amla is known to be a great ambassador of the game and he displayed that this year. Batting against RCB, Amla got a feather touch to the ball which was taken by the keeper. Nobody appealed but Amla decided to walk. This was refreshing to see in today’s day and age as people have stopped the practice of walking. But Amla showed that he is the fair play ambassador of the game. MS Dhoni did something similar except that this time players appealed but Dhoni decided to walk even before the umpire gave his decision as he knew that he had edged it back to the keeper off the bowling of Kuldeep Yadav against KKR at the Eden Gardens.