Published 16:33 IST, April 17th 2020
IPL and PSL are at par for quality of cricket: Ex-Rajasthan Royals player Liam Livingstone
IPL: Former Rajasthan Royals player Liam Livingstone has made a huge claim saying the Indian Premier League is very similar to the Pakistan Super League.
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Indian Premier League (IPL) is arguably best franchise-based T20 tournament in world. cash-rich league, which was introduced in 2008, has only become bigger and better. Players from almost all cricketing nations are a part of cricket extravaganza. IPL also led way for or T20 tournaments in world.
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Pakistan also started ir own T20 tournament named Pakistan Super League (PSL) in 2016. PSL has evolved quickly and has become a tournament which many fans really look forward to. re are some players who have got opportunity to play in both tournaments.
PSL is very similar to IPL: Liam Livingstone
One such player is Liam Livingston, who played for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2019 and also plays for Peshawar Zalmi in PSL. Englishman has w made a huge claim saying that level of cricket in PSL and IPL is quite similar. While speaking to Doosra Podcast on BBC, Livingstone said that standard of cricket in Pakistan’s T20 league is very similar to IPL.
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Livingstone added that players, fans and supporters all live and brea cricket and that is what sets PSL and IPL apart from rest of leagues. On playing in Pakistan, he said that it was great to play in places that hadn’t seen live cricket for a while, such as Multan, where atmosphere was unbelievable. Livingstone also said that stadium holds around 30,000 but re were about 50,000 people re. y cheer for anything and everything and don’t support any specific team.
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Liam Livingstone was a part of Rajasthan Royals set up in IPL 2019 where he mand to play only four games. right-handed batsman was released by Rajasthan Royals ahead of IPL 2020 auction. He n opted out of IPL 2020 auction in order to focus on county cricket for Lancashire.
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16:33 IST, April 17th 2020