In this episode of The Lead from DH Radio, we discuss why Mumbai Indian has had a successful run at the IPL and look at issues including the captaincy of Virat Kohli that is affecting the prospects of the Bengaluru franchise The Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Sidney Kiran: And just like the snap of your fingers, the Indian Premier League (IPL) is over. Living up to its promise as the best T20 league in the world. The IPL through a riveting entertainment for two months. Cricket fans, especially the ones in India, overfed with news about drugs, Bollywood and all other masala and controversies, finally got to enjoy prime time in a joyful way. Hello and welcome to probably the final episode of DH Radio IPL. In today's episode, I Sidney Kiran and my colleague Roshan Tyagrajan will kick off a discussion on what made the Mumbai Indians win the title a record fifth time, before switching on to the local franchise The Royal Challengers Bangalore. Hi, Roshan. How are you?
Roshan Tyagarajan: Am well. Thank you.
Sidney: I want to make an opening statement about Mumbai Indians. Generally, before every tournament starts and even when we write the curtain raisers, we handpick the favourites. Ever since 2011, the unanimous favourites for the IPL have been Mumbai Indians or Chennai Super Kings...
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