The 2024 edition of one of the most expensive franchise cricket leagues, the Indian Premier League just concluded with the Kolkata Knight Riders being the champions for the third time in the tournament’s history; they defeated SRH by 8 wickets in the IPL 2024 Final in Chennai. Notably, the IPL has earned immense popularity across the global cricketing fraternity since its inception 17 years back in 2007.
Besides that, something related to the IPL trophy makes the fans curious about that. It is none other than the Sanskrit phrase written over it. This ‘phrase’ or ‘slogan’ in one of the oldest and most traditional Indian languages of India has a special meaning which plays a pivotal role in motivating the young and emerging players to deliver their best in the Indian Premier League.
Here we’ll have a look at the special meaning of the Sanskrit phrase written on the IPL trophy.
The actual meaning of ‘Yatra Pratibha Avsara Prapnotihi’
The Shlok ‘Yatra Pratibha Avsara Prapnotihi’ in Sanskrit written on the IPL trophy has a meaning, “where talent meets opportunity”, the same is also the motive and official motto of the BCCI and the IPL to give a chance and offer opportunities to the talented youngsters across the globe to prove their worth and display their talent in of the ‘highest-level’ franchise cricket leagues.
Speaking from the point of view of the tournament’s hosts and owners, India, they have got amazing like Ruturaj Gaikwad, Deepak Chahr, veteran pacer Jasprit Bumrah, and star-allrounder Hardik Pandya from the Indian Premier League only. All these stars have been a perfect example and justification of IPL’s motto ‘where talent meets opportunity’.
Besides these four, a lot of young cricketers both from India and other countries have proved their mettle either with the bat or the ball in the recently concluded Indian Premier League 2024.
Since 2008, the tournament has introduced some great talents who later went on to represent their countries at the highest level of the game.
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