The franchises have changed the landscape to the point that nobody can keep track of all the cricket being played, let alone follow all the action. In addition to the IPL, there is the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), Big Bash League (BBL), Pakistan Super League (PSL), Bohra Junior League (BJL), Lanka Premier League (LPL), Nepal Premier League (NPL), South Africa’s premier T20 league, The Hundred, the Global T20 Canada, Major League Cricket, and quite a few more. Games run rapidly into each other and individual performances, no matter how striking, are often a blur.

It was inevitable that the T20 leagues would have taken a toll on the international game. We have seen players forsake international duties in favour of the leagues. As I write this, for instance, England pacer Jofra Archer is unavailable for the first Test in the upcoming series against New Zealand because of commitments to the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL. We have also seen that elite players, such as Nicolas Pooran from the West Indies, retired from the international game while continuing to turn out for various T20 leagues.

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