What if: Sreesanth had dropped the catch of Misbah-ul-Haq in the 2007 T20 World Cup final

#4 IPL wouldn’t have existed

Rajasthan Royals team celebrate after winning the inaugural IPL in 2008

One of the biggest cricketing events in the calendar year now is the Indian Premier League which takes place every year in the month of April and May. The tournament has been a star attraction for people all over the world and even the people who don't follow cricket that much remain glued to the television sets whenever an IPL match of their favourite team is going on.

The tournament kick started in the year 2008 as Brendon McCullum’s whirlwind 158 in the inaugural match of the IPL paved the way for much more success in the later years. Eight years down the line, the IPL is still the biggest domestic T20 tournament in the world.

But if India hadn’t won the T20 World Cup in 2007, it is highly unlikely that T20 cricket would have been so popular; the tournament wouldn’t have existed without India’s success. The success of India in the T20 World Cup was one of the major reasons why the Indian Premier League came into existence and became so popular.