Why IPL 2019 is Different 4 Reasons
Another title win would mean CSK pulling off the very difficult task of defending their title for the second time Breathe. For you are at the start point of sixty matches and a thrillingly assorted bag of cricketing drama packed into a little over 50 days. The IPL has rolled back into town for its latest instalment - 12th, if you've now lost count and have begun to suffix the year for the edition. Here's all that you need to know as this season gets underway 1. Why does this IPL feel different? It is different. Things invariably vary season to season and the tone and texture of this year's edition is naturally defined by what's coming after it... you know, the World Cup. National teams have one eye on the showpiece event and "player workload" is the seemingly overarching theme building up into the tournament. Remember, when Kevin Pietersen, in his Aussie-baiting ways remarked: "You have world-class players sitting in Engla...