IPL 2008 was the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League, with the cricket fans witnessing the star Indian and overseas players in the same team for the first time. The tournament started a revolution in the cricket world. Right now, the IPL is the best tournament in the cricket universe.
One of the major reasons why the IPL has been so successful is because the league brings together unbelievable dream combinations together. Be it Ricky Ponting opening with Sachin Tendulkar, Brett Lee sharing the new ball with Irfan Pathan or Virat Kohli batting with AB de Villiers, the league has made several dream combinations come true.
In this tournament, there have been some other unbelievable pairs as well, which the fans might have forgotten, especially the ones from 2008. Here’s a list of five such pairs.
1. Virat Kohli and Wasim Jaffer were teammates in IPL 2008
Current Punjab Kings coach Wasim Jaffer turned up for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the inaugural season. At that time, Virat Kohli was a U-19 player in the RCB squad.
2. Aakash Chopra and Cheteshwar Pujara were teammates in IPL 2008
Aakash Chopra played for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the initial IPL seasons. He has become famous as a Hindi commentator now. Meanwhile, Cheteshwar Pujara, who has proved himself as a Test specialist, also turned up for KKR that year.
3. Rohit Sharma and Chaminda Vaas
Rohit Sharma is the captain of the Indian cricket team in Tests and ODIs right now. He started his IPL career with the Deccan Chargers, and legendary Sri Lankan pacer Chaminda Vaas was also a part of that squad.
4. Glenn McGrath and Mohammad Asif
Glenn McGrath and Mohammad Asif are two of the most talented seam bowlers in cricket history. Delhi Daredevils assembled a dream pace duo featuring both McGrath and Asif in the 2008 season of the league.
5. Younis Khan and Ravindra Jadeja
Star Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja won the inaugural IPL championship with the Rajasthan Royals team. Former Pakistan captain Younis Khan was also a part of the RR squad that season.
