All IPL fans have waited for a long for this moment to arrive. IPL is starting in 2 days and even though it isn’t happening in India we are still happy that we will get to see our favourites fighting it out. As much as Covid Pandemic derailed IPL, our undaunting spirits made it possible to continue the tournament.
As we anxiously wait for matches to start, let’s have a look at the IPL 2021 Points table just before 2nd phase.
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While the world is waiting for the IPL to start on 9th April 2021, there are waves being made in the ICC world cup super league. A look at the ICC World Cup Super League Points Table, after Pakistan’s win over South Africa, projects a grim picture for India but is that something for the Indian fans to worry about?
Let’s have a look at where India stands on the table currently and what’s the way forward for India.
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We have all seen Navrjot Singh Sidhu AKA ‘Sidhu Pajji’ from Comedy Nights with Kapil Sharma. We heard his live Hindi and English commentary on cricket matches and witnessed some of the most hilarious, weird and unimaginable ways in which a cricket match can be commented upon.
At Piccle we too are fans of Siddhu Paaji’s ‘thoko taali’ style openhearted laughter so we curated a few gems from his collections. Here you go!
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What do you get if you add the glamour and modern-day format of IPL to an age-old native game of India? The answer is Pro Kabaddi League (PKL). When the idea of PKL was conceived there was scepticism but as big names got involved the excitement levels started soaring. Season 1 of PKL was viewed by 435M just short of 552M viewers of IPL 2014.
Let’s have a look at its current state and start dates of upcoming Season 8.
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India – Pakistan cricket rivalry is not just the biggest rivalry, it is probably as big as the game of cricket itself. The competitive spirit between Australia and England is commendable but it lacks the adrenaline rush that an India vs. Pak match creates irrespective of the format, tournament or level of the match. The credit of keeping the passion alive for decades definitely goes to players of both the teams for their aggressive game and never-say-die spirit till the last ball of the match.
There is, however, a new arena of competition now – Memes. Memers from both the countries become super active during the cricket matches and it just escalates the emotions to a whole new level – with a tinge of humour. Here are some of the memes for you to enjoy!
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IPL is known as a fast-paced tournament with sixes flying around in every match. The nailbiting finish in many important matches has led the game to be dominated by batsmen. Even though the bowlers don’t get as much limelight as the batsmen, they have proven to be equally good match-winners as the men with the bat.
So, here at Piccle, we thought to bring you the list of Top 5 contenders for the Purple Cap in IPL 2021.
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The famous American athlete Mark Spitz once said, “Life is true to form; records are meant to be broken.” However, there are some records that are so incredibly tall that they seem almost unbreakable, especially when it comes to sports. There is no platform better than IPL when it comes to making or breaking of records.
There are so many good and bad performances that we have quite a few seemingly unbreakable records in IPL.
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IPL is more than a month away but this year’s auction has already upped the excitement levels. The highest bid for a player went as high as 16 crores and the lowest was 20 Lacs. The expensive players in the IPL earn more than a Bollywood celebrity. Since the first season, we have seen that the bidding gets fierce for good players.
Let’s have a look at the Top 5 most expensive players in the history of IPL.
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IPL and breaking of old records/making of new records go hand in hand. Each IPL brings in a new wave of excitement and even higher standards of performance. We saw many new records being created in IPL 2020 and we were all expecting many new records in 2021. Our favourite cricketers didn’t disappoint us.
Here are the records that have been broken in IPL already since the very first game and some that’ll be broken soon.
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IPL is a level playing field where players from different cricketing countries come together on the same platform and compete as a team with each other irrespective of which country they represent. Such a heterogeneous composition of cricket teams shall remove all biases and the performance of the Indian and non-Indian players should be free of their nationality.
You will be surprised to know that there are spectacular differences in the way the Indian and non-Indian players have performed over last 12 years and it didn’t matter which foreign country the non-Indian players belonged to and how much have they played on Indian soil earlier.
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