The Indian Premier League is one of the most successful tournaments in the world. All thanks to being one of the biggest ‘cash-rich’ tournaments, not just Indians but also international players dreams to play in the tournament. The Indian Premier League not just give the cricketers experience of the shortest format of the game but also makes them financially strong.
However, as per Michael Clarke, there’s another thing that IPL brings to them. He feels that the Australian cricketers are now less aggressive against Indians because of the IPL.
Recently, during an interview on a chat show Big Sports Breakfast, Michale Clarke opened up about many things including IPL. He opened up about how the international cricket teams have gone against their nature and are now less aggressive against the Indian cricket team. He feels that players are scared of sledging Virat Kohli because of IPL. He said:
“Everybody knows how powerful India are in regards to the financial part of the game, internationally or domestically with the IPL. I feel that Australian cricket, and probably every other team over a little period, went the opposite and actually sucked up to India. They were too scared to sledge Kohli or the other Indian players because they had to play with them in April,“
He added:
“The players were like: “I’m not going to sledge Kohli, I want him to pick me for Bangalore so I can make my $1 million US for my six weeks. I feel like that’s where Australia went through that little phase where our cricket become a little bit softer or not as hard as we’re accustomed to seeing,”
Meanwhile, IPL 2020, which was slated to start from 29th March has been suspended till April 15 because of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. However, there’s still no clarity that the tournament will take place or not.
