When the first season of Indian Premier league started in early 2008, T20 format was a newbie in cricket. The fans were still trying to get to grips with the shorter and highly effervescent format. One thing was clear though, the format excited the audiences. It drew large numbers in the stadiums and was oriented for the casual fans. Here, we look at four reasons that explain why the IPL is considered to be an epitome of T20 cricket and why the IPL is the best domestic league in the world.

1. Quality of Cricket matches

The quality at which the games are played in the IPL is extremely high and, close to international standards. The batsmen score runs, the bowlers pick up wickets and, the fielders pull off some outrageous catches in the outfield. In the IPL history many great matches played in past decade.

2. Magnificent Overseas Players

The likes of AB de Villers,Ben Stokes, Steve Smith, Kagiso Rabada, Mitchell Starc, just to name a few are absolute superstars in world cricket and when they play in the IPL, the quality of the game sky-rockets. They prefer to play the IPL over any other league and their presence makes the league a special one.

3. ‘A+’ Quality of Pitch

The pitches in the IPL are also top quality. As is the trend in T20s, the pitches are batsmen friendly to promote a high scoring game, but they also have something for the bowlers as well.

4. Live and Exclusive coverage

The coverage is worldwide and hence, a large number of fans follow the league from various parts of the globe. South Africa and, UAE have been hosts to the IPL in the past and the results were staggering. There was a huge crowd in almost every game and the fans passionately supported their favourite teams.