Kolkata, March 22 -- On the cusp of adulthood towers the proud and proven Indian Premier League, with the season opener serving as the common feature between then and now. Everything else has changed, arguably for the better.
City-based icons have made way for performance-based selections, more Indians are getting top dollar, feeding the system now is a scouting network that picks a 13-year-old from relative obscurity, with the overall mandate driven only towards winning.
That last part is overarchingly vital. Because in an ecosystem where England's entertaining cricket had once threatened to upstage its tactical version, India's back-to-back victories in international white-ball cricket reaffirms the significance of not missing the point...