Players can do everything possible to pretend you do not suffer from exhaustion and wake up to the prospect of a trip to India to play a series of Twenty20 matches rupees in abundance.
After much discussion, the organizers got rid of the IPL chairman Lalit Modi has made two new teams (Kochi and Pune), two others are excluded (Rajasthan and Punjab) - only to return - then held an auction in which all players who had spent three years with a team were to be refilled.
Confused? In the absence of real history or sense of tradition, fawning commentators and marketing for the evening that made England Premier League looks like something from Victoria, it is not surprising that the UK fans have tried to adopt the format.
If it's any consolation, the IPL did not miss much the participation of England. Despite England title as world champions in Twenty20, only seven of our players were offered contracts bonanza this year.
