The inaugural edition of the IPL involved eight franchises. Shane Warne led Rajasthan Royals to the title.
The tournament was cut short, but that only added to the many talking points from the fifth edition of the event.
Australia decimated Pakistan on the second day, and the visiting bowlers will need to step up desperately on the third morning.
Australia face the unknown against a young Pakistan side in what could be a riveting first Test.
India level T20I series; Gautam, Kazi arrested under spot-fixing charges; Mair returned figures of 4-4-0-4; and Misbah likely to replace Jones as Islamabad coach.
Already 1-0 up in the series, Australia will want to welcome their new coach Andrew McDonald with a series win.
Australia will host Pakistan for a 3-match T20I series. The first of these matches will be played at Sydney.
Having lost the first T20I, Pakistan will now come at Sri Lanka all guns blazing in the second, to level the series. Can the tourists pull off a second upset?
In Pakistan’s first ODI at home in a while, there is joy, but there is also a lot of pressure riding on the first game of a new era.
Essex win their maiden T20 Blast title off the last ball, Afghanistan lose two in a row, and a washout in the Caribbean.