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IPL a smash hit among Aussie fans
When sports fans talk of cricket during winters in a football-loving nation, something has definitely made an impression - the Indian Premier League's Twenty20 extravaganza has Australians entranced.
- IANS
- Published: 00:17 April 23, 2008
Sydney: When sports fans talk of cricket during winters in a football-loving nation, something has definitely made an impression - the Indian Premier League's Twenty20 extravaganza has Australians entranced.
"IPL will move cricket into the stratosphere that has already consumed football to global celebrity status," says Gilbert Arnold, who would like to describe himself as "a fan of national cricket with a passion for the excitement that India, the West Indies and Sri Lanka bring to the game and elation when England is beaten by any team!
"One certain outcome is a move from competition between national teams to band teams with international fans," Arnold said.
In Australia, Channel 10 has signed an exclusive five-year deal to broadcast IPL matches. "My absolute favourite is Michael Hussey and it was good to watch his smashing century," said Dominic Bowes, a keen cricketer from the Sydney Boys High School.
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