Abhishek Jhunjhunwala

They were there for those parties.

It did.

Yeah.

If you could see the ball after.

It was a lot of fun, though.

It was a lot.

No one complained.

No one complained.

I'll take you back to 2006-2007 when the IPL started in 2007-2008.

A player who played every single tournament at the first class level would make 10 to 12 grand a year.

I'm talking pounds.

Which was okay money in India.

Yeah.

But it was not a life-changing money.

But when IPL came, players got...

taste of a different world majority of them went and lived in a five-star hotel for the first time learn to eat different cuisines they put themselves out there in a different way they had to learn a lot of different things table manners this that these small things which you weren't taught when you're playing domestic cricket because domestic cricket was never given any sort of importance in Indian cricket it was all about India if you're not playing for India you're a nobody

and to be honest to some extent it's still the same case still the same if you're not playing IPL and if you're not playing for India even if you're a first class cricketer who's played 80 first class matches you don't exist yeah

So that's a sad part to some extent, but now at least the money is there.

The BCCI has improved the match fees in the first-class cricket, which makes a massive difference.

Everyone can have a decent living.