Cricketwallah Chronicles

Aisa kehne main aah raha hai ke Virat Kohli Sachin Tendulkar ko chase kar sakte hain? Aap ki kya rai hai? Why doesn’t BCCI allow Indian players to play in other T20 leagues? In this final episode of the inaugural season, Ayaz answers these and many...

Cricket is likely to be included in the 2024 Olympics if Rome wins its bid to host the Games. And if it happens, T20 will in all probability to be the format chosen. T20 has become the change agent and could be the biggest reason for making cricket a...

The T20 format took just few years to establish itself as a popular one, drawing in new fans to the game. The rise in popularity can also be attributed to various innovative tactics that teams, batsmen, bowlers, fielders came up with, raising the...

While the success of the IPL created a huge economy where multiple stakeholders flourished, one of the major unintended benefits was the sprouting of a large number of similar leagues across different sports. Each of them replicated the IPL model and...

The T20 format and the IPL have together contributed some of the best innovations which have made the sport much more interesting. In this episode, Ayaz takes us through some great ideas such as auctions that clicked, and some which fizzled out. This...

The journey of T20 cricket is incomplete without a discussion on the epic clash between Lalit Modi and N. Srinivasan. The two powerhouses defined the formation and growth of IPL, cricket's most successful league, which also became the reason for their...

Controversies have been a part of nearly each IPL season. Be it owners, players, venue, government, BCCI, or even drought-related as it was in the 2016 season. In this edition, Ayaz Memon talks about some of the major ones which had a significant...

The IPL, though maligned for all the ills in cricket, has thrown up many a star. In this episode, Ayaz Memon dwells on some of them who have gone on to gain glory for their country while others have not been able to replicate their success beyond the...

In this episode of Cricketwallah Chronicles, Ayaz Memon describes the formation of the Indian Premier League, nine editions ago in 2008. He delves on the unbridled success of the inaugural season and how cricket has never been the same again. This is...

On the third episode of the Cricketwallah Chronicles, Ayaz and Pooja discuss the ICL - The Indian Cricket League. The idea behind the formation , the problems it faced, how its failure led to the formation of IPL and the key differences between the...