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Hola Readers!!! Welcome back to the sports blog!!! I know I’ve been sitting quiet for the last 3 months, and I assure y’all that more than enough content is gonna come right up your alley to compensate for that! In this article, I’ve tried to come up with a gist of all the franchise based cricketing action that has happened since the start of this year, and trust me that’s a lot! With less than a day go for the 16th edition of the Indian Premier League to start, we’ll be looking at the global impact of this League on the T20 format of the game, how it has given rise to various franchise based leagues around the world, and the significance it holds in every such league. So, let’s get started!! "Arambikalama...?" = Shall we begin..? The month of January started with 2 major T20 leagues kicking off in their respective inaugural editions, one in the UAE, and another in South Africa. The UAE based league was the International League T20 [ILT20]. It consisted of 6 teams - Abu Dhabi...

  An Auspicious Welcome Indeed! Welcome to Parinaama Sports, the sports blogging wing of our beloved Parinaama Blog! This is the Editor of Parinaama, Subrahmanyam, and I will be serving as your Author in this Blog ( & following a lovely role reversal, the Author of Parinaama, Maitreyi, will be the editor)   But first, why a sports blog? Ever since childhood, I've always been fascinated by sports, especially cricket. With time, I came to realize that the sheer clarity of perspectives that TV coverage provides us with enabled me to enjoy, analyze and break down various aspects of games, which I found to be unique in a certain way. Combine that with my thirst for expressing thoughts through writing, a deep settled idea of mine was to write on sports. Little did I know back then that I would meet my wonderful Sister, who'd set me up a whole new blog under hers for me to write my heart out!!   Cricket, tennis, badminton, football, table tennis, swimming, athletic...