The Indian Premier League is back: What are the main talking points?
Al Jazeera
Can Kohli finally win an IPL crown, will Starc justify that max contract and what role will the Indian election play?
The 17th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) — world cricket’s largest T20 tournament — begins on Friday, March 22, with the defending champion Chennai Super Kings hosting the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
The tournament fields 10 teams packed with many of the greatest players from around the globe.
While the prize money for this year’s IPL has not been confirmed by organisers, and if previous years are anything to go by, the IPL purse this time around is expected to be around $6m, with the winning team collecting approximately $2.4m.
Virat Kohli is a player who has won just about everything there is to win in world cricket — except an IPL title.
The Indian batsman has played in all 16 IPL seasons for Royal Challengers Bangalore, agonisingly finishing tournament runners-up in 2009, 2011 and 2016. He is the all-time leading run-scorer in IPL history.
