A few days ago a trend covered the social media, people shared their life stories and cricket fans shared Virat Kohli’s heroics from 2016. Sunrisers Hyderabad won the trophy for the first time that year. In 2016, IPL turned 10 years and in a bizarre development, two of the most important franchises faced a two-year ban. In place ofChennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals two new teams came one is Rising Pune Supergiants and the second one is Gujarat Lions. Gujarat Lions had done pretty well in that season but for the first time, MS Dhoni failed to secure a playoff spot, Rising Pune Super Giants ended in last place.
The prime Virat Kohli
IPL 2016 has seen one of the best Virat Kohli classes, his every innings, every drop of sweat, showed the world his character. Scoring four centuries in one season, Virat ended the season with 973 runs. After 10 years, the record is still untouched. In that IPL season, he also hammered 7 half-centuries, averaging 81.08. Across all T20S in 2016, he amassed 1,614 runs at an average of 89.66.
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His heroics led RCB to reach the finals for the third time, they were in a good position at the start but a bunch of wickets in the middle faltered their hopes.
Two new teams and the rise of sponsors
IPL 2026 was one of the most moving periods, CSK and RR got banned for two years and Rising Pune Super Giants and Gujarat Lions got a chance.
MS Dhoni led Pune for one season and Suresh Raina led the Gujarat team for two seasons. Despite the loss of two big teams, IPL grew in terms of value. Vivo joined the league as a title sponsor with a 100 crore deal and by the year of 2017, the figures went up by 340 crore. 2016 changed the whole IPL and helped it to become one of the biggest leagues.
