Abhishek Jhunjhunwala

It was life changing.

It was honestly a bit surreal for especially for domestic cricketers, for international cricketers, for players who are already playing for India.

It was very different.

But for domestic cricketers, it was life changing to be among the best in the world, to be sharing the dressing room, to be playing with them.

And it came out of nowhere.

IPL came out of nowhere.

A massive gamble, massive gamble.

But the way they did it, the people they bought into the tournament, the owners they bought.

I mean, you've got to give credit to the BCCI and whoever arranged it all.

You've got to give them a lot of credit.

They bought the right people to make it successful.

They had a game plan and look at it today.

I mean, he was a special human, to be honest.

And to be able to spend that much time with him was extraordinary.

In everything he did, he had a big heart.

He bagged you as a youngster.

I've played under a lot of captains.

I've played with among everyone you can think of, the modern day great of cricket.

And I'd never seen anybody operate the way he did.

Oh, an absolute character.