The Indian Premier League has earned high praise from Pakistan fast bowler Wahab Riaz, who has said that it has attained a completely different level of its own compared to all other leagues in the world.
He outlined the ‘totally different’ processes being followed by the league in terms of organising and running tournaments and drafting of players that makes IPL stands tall among its competitors such as his home-grown Pakistan Super League
"IPL is a league where all the top international players come and play. You can't compare IPL with PSL, I believe IPL is at a different level. Their commitments, the way they run things, communicate things, the way they draft the players, all that is totally different. I don't think any league can compete with the IPL," Wahab said to Cricket Pakistan.
However, he said that the PSL trumps the IPL in one aspect of the game—bowling, which has always been in abundance in his country. He argued the presence of quality bowlers in PSL teams as the reason behind not too many high-scoring games in the PSL
"The kind of bowlers you get in the PSL is not found in other leagues, not even the IPL. This is why PSL doesn't have many high-scoring games. The bowling attacks in PSL are the best in the world,” Riaz added.
Notably, Wahab Riaz has not played even one season of the IPL as the BCCI has banned players of Pakistan origin from participating in the league after the inaugural edition in 2008.