more-inAt the end of the Indian Premier League, the victory of Chennai Super Kings has an air of familiar inevitability about it. The most consistent franchise since the IPL’s inception in 2008, CSK has played seven finals, including Sunday’s at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. Despite being suspended for two seasons — 2016, 2017 — following a betting scandal involving a team official, the new team wore a familiar look. The captain’s icy demeanour was an antidote to the frenzied twists of Twenty20 cricket. Its home games were shifted to Pune after protests against holding the IPL in Chennai.

Source: The Hindu May 28, 2018 18:33 UTC