Top 6 Products of the IPL; the IPLs Children

Top 6 Products of the IPL; the IPLs Children: The Indian Premier League (IPL) is into its 8th year of successful operations. Though it is not as clean, transparent and undistorted like it should have been ideally. But minus all the controversies, scams and conflicts, the Indian domestic T20 league has been a boon to international cricket, in not just one but multiple ways. The level of competition, quality of cricket, adaptability to the shortest format and the overall spirit with which international cricket is played has seen a boost with players from different nationalities coming together and gelling as a team in their franchises now.

Apart from all these IPL as a source of cricket has given birth to a few performer’s; they were either unknown or unnoticed prior to this. It gave them the platform to perform a spot light to get noticed, and they have used it with ultimate success. So here are the Top 6 Products of the IPL; The IPLs Children

1. Ravichandran Ashwin:

Ashwin has been India’s leading spinner for almost 4 years now and has clearly neutralized the impact of Harbhajan Singh’s absence. Not very often do you find the starting point of a cricketer’s career coincide with their turning point. This was the case with Ashwin with the 2010 season of the IPL where he picked up 13 wickets with a miserly run rate of 6.10. Under the able leadership of Dhoni, Ash took shape as a finely skilled, smart and mature spinner.

After an impressive season, the offie was duly rewarded with a place in the Indian team; he did well for India in the ODIs, test and T20s consistently and that saw him be a part of the Indian team for the world cup 2011, which they eventually won. In all these years what changed was his role from a second spin option to the leader of the attack and that is how he played in the World Cup 2015. Ravichandran Ashwin has never looked back since he learned to move ahead and now has become vital part of the Indian bowling set up across all formats.