Its almost mid-way in the fourth edition of the IPL season and it has unexpectedly been a season of close encounters. With all the franchisees suffering a minimum of two losses, its impossible to predict the winner this year. A positive development in IPL 4 has been the emergence of new heroes to the fore who have stepped up to the occasion.
Several unknown entities before the tournament in the form of Valthaty, Abdullah, Tiwary, Rayudu, Venugopal and Trivedi are now knocking at the door of selection for the upcoming West Indies tour. Since many of the seniors have been rested for this tour due to the hectic schedule taking a toll physically over the past year, chances like this are pure gold dust for these youngsters who will in all probability be inducted into the Indian team.