IPL will take cricket to wider audience-Hayden
Back in India and ready for the second edition of the Indian Premier League, former Australia [Images] opener Matthew Haydenattributed here India’s as growing stature in Tests and ODIs to the IPL and also the country’s Twenty20 [Images] World Cup triumph.
“India was focused mainly towards Tests and ODIs but the great win in the T20 World Cup has changed all that and the IPL has brought out some rapid excellent players,” said Hayden, who addressed the media after his training session with the Chennai Super Kings [Images] at the Chepauk, in Chennai on Friday.
“Bowlers will have a chance there (in South Africa) but small grounds and high altitude will ensure high scores there too,” he said, adding that the IPL will “take the game to a wider audience”.
Having been there and done that, Hayden’s job is to guide the juniors in the Chennai Super Kings team which finished runners-up in the inaugural year.
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