New Delhi, April 18 -- T20 cricket was an afterthought for teams during the initial years. Test and ODI cricket occupied the bulk of the schedule. Teams played one or two T20 matches at the fag end of long and gruelling tours. Then two things happened in quick succession. India's game against Scotland in the 2007 T20 World Cup was abandoned due to rain on September 13. On the same day, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the launch of a new T20 competition, called the Indian Premier League. India went on to lift the T20 World Cup and the Indian Premier League made its debut on April 18, 2008. Cricket is never the same from that moment. It reached unimaginable heights and has become an integral part of the country's ...