The IPL’s overbearing presence can often mask the T20 World Cup’s unique imprint on the format. The IPL is at once allencompassing in its scope and specific in its requirements, so India’s selectors chose to be influenced only to an extent by performances in the league.
The Ajit Agarkar-led committee has been both pragmatic and conservative while picking the 15-member World Cup squad. Naturally, this has somewhat dampened the excitement and anticipation around the younger crop of players who sizzled in this season’s IPL.
