The 12th season of Indian Premier League(IPL) kickstarted with Chennai Super Kings taking on heavyweights Royal Challengers Bangalore at Chepauk, where the home team thumped Virat Kohli led team by a comprehensive 7 wickets margin.
World’s most toughest cricket league features top International stars alongside budding Indian talents and the things are made interesting by the panel of commentators who describe and analyze the game for the viewers. Dug out commentator Kumar Sangakkara was geared up for the season and said that he is looking forward to the performance of senior Indian players in the tournament.
“I like to watch the older guards as well. Shikhar Dhawan has gone to Delhi to the top of the order. MS Dhoni, how good he was last year. You have Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli. You know just incredible players, Suresh Raina,..” Sangakkara said.
The former Sri Lankan skipper was also interested to watch Vijay Shankar and Rishabh Pant in action, who may make the world cup squad for India.
Sangakkara predicts the favourite to win IPL 2019
The 41-years-old was stucked between Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals for the title. His co-commentator and former New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris was assured of his prediction and said that Sunrisers Hyderabad are the front runners to capture their second IPL title after triumph in 2016.
