IPL 2023: Waiting to paint the town red
Hindustan TimesOf all the questions one could prepare for in a team sport, probably nothing distresses more than the interrogation about the ‘wait’. And in every season, all Delhi Capitals, Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore have managed to do is find different ways to lose. “You keep chopping and changing, they never have a set eleven whether you win a match.” Hope’s restored frequently, more so after auctions as new, stronger squads keep emerging from the wreckage. Kings buying Sam Curran for ₹18.5 crore this season, DC getting Yuvraj Singh for ₹16 crore a year after RCB splashed ₹14 crore on him, Kylie Jamieson going to RCB for ₹15 crore in 2021, Liam Livingston to Punjab Kings for ₹11.5 crore–the list is pretty exhaustive. But during an interaction with the RCB women’s team earlier this month, Virat Kohli said: "I have played IPL for 15 years and I haven't won it yet but that doesn't stop me from being excited every year.