Few spectacles in the Subcontinent can match the palpable electricity that surrounds a cricket match. In the stands, anticipation hums like a taut string, fans chant slogans and time seems to slow down and speed up all at once. Cricket, arguably more than any other team sport, is theatre and community combined: A choreography of skill and athleticism, of patience and strategy. The Indian Premier League (IPL) distilled that alchemy into a modern carnival — a commercially successful blend of legacy and novelty, where cities adopted........

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