For quite some time, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been in the spotlight for its extravagant spending on players and a few controversies here and there. Last year, it was reported that the money-rich tournament viewership had dropped by 35% when compared to the 2021 edition.
The performance of the Indian team in the T20 mega events has now called into question the league’s credibility in producing talent, and many former cricketers have raised this question following the T20 World Cup 2022.
When the Rohit-Sharma-led side was eliminated from the 2022 World Cup, former Pakistan captain, Wasim Akram stated in a talk show that the Men in Blue had never won the T20 World Cup since the inception of IPL.
Former cricketer, Daren Sammy, fueled the debate even further when he stated that Indian cricketers are not playing in leagues other than the IPL and that this is one of the reasons for India’s failure in the T20 World Cups.
Earlier today, Australia captain, Pat Cummins’ withdrawal from the IPL even though there is no national duty during that period is another thing that can and will be debated in detail in the cricket fraternity. England’s Alex Hales has also pulled out of the tournament citing personal reasons.
Cricket experts believe that providing batting-friendly surfaces has put batters in a comfort zone, and when they go out to play on fast tracks, they struggle to maintain that consistency in scoring runs.
One such example is Australian middle-order batter, Glenn Maxwell, who is one of the most in-demand batters in IPL but he failed to perform in T20 World Cup 2022 even in home conditions.
KL Rahul, who was the talk of the town during the IPL, finishing the 2022 edition as the second-highest run-scorer, failed to impress fans in the recently concluded World Cup in Australia, is another example of this.
Let’s have a look at some of the numbers from two events:
| Batter | Event | Matches | Runs | Average | Strike Rate |
| Glenn Maxwell | IPL | 13 | 301 | 27.36 | 169.10 |
| T20 WC 2022 | 4 | 118 | 39.33 | 161.64 | |
| KL Rahul | IPL | 15 | 616 | 51.33 | 135.38 |
| T20 WC 2022 | 6 | 128 | 21.33 | 120.75 | |
| Quinton de Kock | IPL | 15 | 508 | 36.28 | 148.97 |
| T20 WC 2022 | 5 | 124 | 31.00 | 161.03 | |
| David Miller | IPL | 16 | 481 | 68.71 | 142.72 |
| T20 WC 2022 | 3 | 78 | 78.00 | 122.23 | |
| David Warner | IPL | 4 | 44 | 48.00 | 150.52 |
| T20 WC 2022 | 12 | 432 | 11.00 | 110.24 |
A number of players including Sam Billings have also withdrawn from next year’s IPL to focus on the longest format of cricket. More withdrawals are likely to follow, especially due to the packed schedules of numerous playing nations, and IPL’s popularity is likely to dip further.
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David warner’s stats are wrong
What did you expect from propakistani 😂😂😂
Eindia should include Babar, Fakhr, Rizwan too boost popularity 🤣🤣🤣
If we compare the batting average than it almost comparable. This is not the correct notion that due to lack of performance they are puling out of IPL. Perhaps someone else is paying them better :-)
Plz check David Warner numbers In T20 Wc 2022 is wrong you are type 12 inning and 432 runs when was he play 12 matches in Wc 2022