Impact of IPL’s Four Foreigners Formula | A Century of Stories: Cricket | #36

When the league began in 2008, the presence of a galaxy of foreign stars turned heads. But despite their massive influence and success, the board has stuck to the four foreigners in an XI rule. While some foreign players have used the league as a launchpad for their careers, some big names have flopped as well. Watch Cyrus discuss a bevy of foreign stars in the IPL with Ayaz Memon on this episode of A Century of Stories: Cricket podcast presented by IDFC FIRST Bank. Do tell us in the comments if we have missed some big names. 00:00 - 02:24 - Intro 2:25 - 04:20 Logic behind having foreign players in IPL 04:21 - 05:50 Increase in skills of cricketers around the world 05:51 - 07:20 - Akhtar's brief IPL stint 07:21 - 09:06 - How the foreign influence helped IPL trump ICL 09:07 - 10:40 - Ayaz's top 3 most influential foreign players in the IPL 10:41 - 12:30 - Mccullum's 158 IPL's takeoff point 12:31 - 13:26 - Impact of Rashid Khan on IPL 13:27 - 15:00 - The big names who failed to make an impact 15:01 - 19:05 - What attracts cricketers to the IPL 19:06 - 22:09 - Foreigners in domestic cricket before IPL 22:10 -25:50 - Shane Warne's Rajasthan Fairytale 25:51 - 29:09 - Ayaz's Captain of All Time Foreigners XI