Post the exit of Deccan Chargers five months ago, the league is now left with only 9 teams to participate. In place of the DC, there will be Sunrisers Hyderabad playing this year, along with Delhi Daredevils, Kings XI Punjab, Rajasthan Royals, Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians, Pune Warriors India and Chennai Super Kings.
In terms of freshness, the 6th season of IPL seems to be having several newbies.
These are not just to the tune of new players, or new teams, but new sponsors as well. Yes, replacing DLF in the contract, PepsiCo now takes up the sponsorship of IPL, for the next five years, ending 2017.
In addition to this newness, the league also faces some amount of political unrest down south. This is with respect to the political turmoil and angry protests, between the Sinhalese and Sri Lankan Tamils in Tamil Nadu, because of which the IPL will not allow the Sri Lankan players, to be a part of matches in Chennai. The ban came soon after Jayalalitha, the state chief minister, demanded the same in her letter to the Prime minister.
With all these new changes, let’s see how the 6th season of the IPL fares. At least as of now, all we can say is that the next two months will be all about the IPL and its host of wins and misses.
With Ravi Shastri, Sanjay Manjrekar and Rameez Raja doing the expert commentary and not to mention the spicy extra innings, the show, along with the matches are definitely going to keep us on edge and the atmosphere, simply electric.
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