 IPL is here to stay: Dravid
28th May 2008 23:02 IST
Agencies
The Bangalore Royal Challengers may have cut a sorry figure in the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) but captain Rahul Dravid has no doubt that the Twenty20 extravaganza is here to stay.
After the side completed their campaign with yet another defeat, Dravid looked back at the tournament and said though organisers put up the show in a hurry, the event looked good enough to last.
"Definitely this IPL tournament is here to stay. It was designed in such a short span of time and hopefully it will come with better colours next year," said Dravid in Bangalore today.
When asked about his team's performance, Dravid said, "it has given all of us lot of learning. We require some special skills to play in Twenty20 games and it's for the youngsters to know how important it's to develop these skills when they are back in this format next year."
He felt crowds have been fantastic in this tournament.
"Though unfortunately we could not play well but the crowds have been fantastic in these matches," said Dravid.
In their last league assignment, Dravid's team went down to Sachin Tendulkar led Mumbai Indians by nine wickets.
In the rain-truncated tie, the Mumbai side restricted the hosts to 122/9 in 18 overs before they went on to overwhelm the target with two overs to spare.
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