2024, Vol. 11, Issue 1, Part A

Indian Premier League, IPL, the league that revolutionized the Indian sports by combining cricket with entertainment, was introduced in 2008. The multibillion dollar league not only attracts the fans for its competitive nature, but also for its product extensions in the forms of break time entertainment, hospitality, food and beverage, contact people etc. The sponsorship, broadcasting and other commercial rights of the league are sold at high values, making the league and its teams financially profitable. It also provides an opportunity to the cricket fans of India to witness the cricketing prowess of Indian and foreign batters. Thus, it is important to analyses the areas where Indian batters outperform the foreign batters and the areas where the foreign batters excel. The objective of the study is to examine the batting performances of Indian and foreign batters in IPL from 2008 to 2022. After the critical analysis, the study concludes that in terms of batting strike rate, in the top ten, nine are foreign batters and only one is Indian. The foreign batters also outperform the Indian batters in terms of batting average. If over boundaries are considered, in the top ten, five are Indian batters and five are foreigners. It is also important to note that the top two big hitters in the IPL are foreigners. However, the Indian batters performed well in terms of fifties, scoring boundaries and most runs scored in an IPL season. The foreign batters have outperformed the Indian batters in highest individual score in a single innings during the period mentioned above.