IPL 2022: The Indian Premier League (IPL) was the most searched keyword this year on Google. The tournament was split into two parts amid the COVID-19 wave in India. While Phase 1 was played in India, the remaining fixtures took place in UAE. In Google’s 2021 year-ender list, IPL emerged on top along with Tokyo Olympics, T20 World Cup and Euro Cup. The year began with IPL 2022 Auctions in February, the season kick-started in April and suspended in June. Later UAE hosted Phase 2 of the IPL season in September, October.
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Key Reasons behind IPL emerging as most searched topic
MS Dhoni guides CSK to 4th title
India heartthrob MS Dhoni once again registered his name in the history books by guiding Chennai Super Kings to record 4th IPL trophy.
Virat Kohli stepped down as captain
Former RCB captain stepped down from his captaincy role in the Indian Premier League. He made the shocking development announcement of Phase 2. The development came after he announced a decision to bid adieu to T20I captaincy.
New Youngsters overshadow stars
The likes of KKR’s Venkatesh Iyer, SRH’s Umran Malik, PBKS’ Shahrukh Khan, among others went on to become big names in just a few appearances. Venkatesh and Umran have now even featured in the retention list of IPL 2022.
COVID in IPL 2021
A number of players and support staff tested positive for COVID-19 during the first phase of IPL 2021. As a result, the matches were suspended and everything took a standstill. The IPL first phase served as a source of positivity amid the second wave of COVID-19.
Besides this, there were a number of reasons why IPL became a big keyword. Some of them are David Warner’s axe as SRH captain, defending champions Mumbai Indians failed to make it to the playoffs, etc.
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IPL 2022: Indian Premier League is the most searched topic by Indians in 2021- Check Why?
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