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Chapter 1: What were the highlights of the IPL final match?
Whiteley on SCN. Just passed and it will be 50. His fastest ever in the IPL for King Corley on the biggest stage with a wonderful record in finals. That's it. He finishes off in style with a six. It's back-to-back titles for RCB. I think the group just felt calm and composed throughout the whole tournament, really. Someone stepped up when they needed to be.
I think we had, again, like 10 men in the matches. So amazing depth in the squad.
Chapter 2: How did Virat Kohli and Josh Hazlewood contribute to RCB's victory?
Anyone who came in did a great job. The stuff that you dream of. I've thought of this moment many times that, you know, once when we win the IPL, I should be standing there editing the winning runs. And tonight it was possible. So yeah, just a dream day for us.
Virat Kohli and Josh Hazelwood, two of the key figures for RCB as they went back-to-back in the IPL in the early hours of Monday morning. Bharat Sundaresan has been our guide right through the tournament. Hello to you, Bharat. Hello, Jared. RCB have sort of changed character, haven't they, from perennial losers to perennial winners.
Chapter 3: What changes have RCB made to become consistent winners?
I know. I mean, to put it into context, Gerrard would be like, I mean, I hope I don't rub too many people the wrong way, but I will suddenly send Kildasat winning titles back to back. I know they won one, unlike RCB. But yeah, I mean, they had to wait 17 years to win one title. So that kind of albatross, which kind of just hung around Virat Kohli's neck, that, oh, he'd never won an IPL.
He'd won a lot of other things in life. But yeah, I mean, he corrected that last year and this time went well. one step better, Jared. Four and a six to finish it off. What do they say in the wrestling world?
Chapter 4: What was the significance of RCB breaking their 17-year title drought?
Always send the crowd home happy and that's exactly what they did.
And Josh Hazelwood's role in it's been pretty profound as well.
Six finals now, Jared, across T20 tournaments, including the T20 World Cup and three IPL finals. He's never lost one. His first one for Chennai, I think in 2021 and now he's gone back to back and As he's done so often, he kind of drew first blood, got rid of Gill. And that was the big wicket. Gill was coming off a big century in the eliminator that got Gujarat Titans into the final.
And it's not the greatest game of T20 cricket, especially an addition of the IPL. And we'll talk about it a bit later, Jared, where statistically it's just taken T20 cricket to the next level.
Chapter 5: How did the final compare to previous IPL matches in terms of performance?
I was just looking at some numbers and they're quite staggering. But yeah, the final was... all about RCB, you know, and they were the best team overall in the tournament. Gujarat came back from, you know, after having made a poor start and they finished strong in the league phase. But yeah, it always looked like RCB were going to go all the way and they did.
So what are we to make of the tournament in its totality, Bharat? There was some audacious stuff and clearly our 15-year-old, who's an international sensation now, the drop in the viewing audience, so the fanaticism around it, but also the resentment towards the imposition of the IPL and the direction that cricket is being taken. How do you balance up the big picture?
Yeah.
There are so many sides to it, Jared.
Chapter 6: What are the statistics that stood out in this IPL season?
Firstly, just the scenes around India after RCB won. It's getting crazy, almost scary at some level. You see people just celebrating on the streets. This is what it used to be when India would win a big tournament. And this is what I guess Lalit Modi and co. wanted the IPL to become where
the same level of passion and fanaticism would come into just people who follow the IPL and pick specific teams. And that certainly happened. So yes, there's been a drop in TV viewership, but like we discussed just a few weeks ago, that might also have a lot to do with just the changing landscape of sports consumption, like how people are watching.
Because it depends on what metrics you're looking at, right, Jared?
Chapter 7: What is the current attitude of Australian fans towards the IPL?
I mean, the TV viewing has dropped, but
when they break it down into how many minutes were watched and how many people are watching it on different platforms it seems like the numbers are just going up so i guess you you choose which numbers you want to look at uh but i mean thank god for vibe of surya vanshi because as in terms of storylines or narratives there wasn't much that really stood out from this ipl except just this like i said earlier the the staggering stats the fact that in the last four years jared
the scoring rate on average has gone from being around 8.4 to 9.5. It's quite something. Almost scoring 10 and over has become the norm. And even the other stat that really jumped out at me overall was the frequency of six hitting. So in the last four years, it's gone from one six in every 19 balls to a six every 11 balls, which kind of tells you, you know, which way it's trending.
And just, I mean, on the vibe of Suryavanshi, Jared, he's hitting one six every 4.5 balls. It's something else.
Chapter 8: What were the key moments and controversies during the halftime show?
It's outrageous.
It really is.
But yeah, thank God for him.
What do you think the attitude of Australia's cricket fans towards the IPL is? You talk to people all the time. What do you reckon the attitude is?
Yeah, it's very cynical. I mean, let's face it. There are very few people who genuinely pay interest to it. I mean, people who get paid to watch it, whether they do podcasts or not. Yeah, I mean, they show some interest towards it. But overall, I guess the time zone has always been an issue. But, you know, I mean, even speaking to some people who are really, really into their cricket,
They talk about how it was easier to watch it because of where it was. I mean, it was free to air, I'm told, when it all started in 2008 and for a few years then. But yeah, I mean, there is a lot of cynicism. I guess it's the time of the year as well. Everyone's getting into their football codes. So they want something to really jump out at them, which captures the imagination.
And from an Australian perspective, I mean, you leave Josh Hazlewood out. It wasn't a very... It wasn't the kind of IPL where too many Australians did too much. I mean, it was focused on Cam Green early on. And then, you know, we kind of moved on from that. Anything that Travis had without Kohli issue brought some or shown some light on what was happening in the IPL.
But I wonder whether that cynicism will ever go away, Jared, unless, you know, the IPL is played at a different time of the year, which won't happen. So, yeah, I'm not surprised that, you know, not too many people pay too much attention to it. But I guess, you know, the onus is on me, Jared, to spread the love.
All right. I did want to get your review of the halftime show before we finish. Here's just a little burst of what happened at halftime of the IPL final, the IPL final halftime.
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