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Thank you for joining us and welcome to the Indian Premier League podcast from Test

Match Special. My name is Henry Moran and the tournament is up and running.

There's plenty of issues to discuss and interesting elements of this year's competition that

will make it thrilling no doubt six weeks or so. How will the English contingent get

on in the competition? Sixteen players could feature across the tournament from England

colours and what about some of the other sides that perhaps could come through and offer

a little more than they have in previous years. Could it finally be a time for Royal

Challengers, Bank of Law? Will it be the year that Sunrise a Hydra Bad with all the talent

that they've got batting wise to get their first title in five years? One police to say

that with me former IPL star Abyshek John-Jumm, and also Cal Sejad from the BBC Sport

website who has been keeping an eye on all things IPL. Cal, let's start with you and I

suppose a question that has been on our lips ahead of this tournament and looking at the

various issues and challenges around it because it's IPL cricket but not quite IPL cricket

as we know it. Yeah, absolutely. I think last year we had in the UAE as you mentioned

and I think it was so different that in some ways the players got quite used to it and

it was so different to what they are normally accustomed to. But this year they're in the

grounds in India but no fans, none of that Bollywood razzmataz that they're used to in years

gone by so it must be a real strange circumstances for them to be playing in.

Teams will be used to buy a secure cricket now that's sort of become part of the course

but for those players that love and thrive on the IPL atmosphere and the loud crowds

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