You know what popped into my feed today? People asking about this IPL Fair Play Award thing. Thought it’d be a quick look-up, boy was I wrong. Grabbed my laptop feeling all confident. Opened the browser like I knew exactly what to do.
Tapped “IPL 2023” into the search bar like always. Hits flooded in – news articles, team pages, player stats, the whole circus. Saw headlines screaming “CSK Wins!” and “GT’s Amazing Season!” but zero whispers about that Fair Play honor. Scrolled… and scrolled… nothing. The official IPL site? Sure, went straight there. Big mistake.
That site’s a jungle. Saw tabs screaming “SCHEDULE” and “POINTS TABLE” right up front. Clicked through every single damn dropdown menu hunting for “Awards” or “Fair Play”. Found player stats for sixes. Found a section on musical performances during timeouts. Fair Play? Ghosted me. Felt like playing hide and seek blindfolded.
Alright, brain kicked in. Changed tactics. Typed “IPL 2023 Awards” right into the search engine this time. Better! Few articles finally mentioned it. Turns out, GT – Gujarat Titans – grabbed it! Cool. But wait, where the heck did they display this info officially? Wanted the proof, the source, the leaderboard itself. Searched “IPL 2023 Fair Play Standings”. Paydirt!
Eureka moment clicked like a light switch: The Fair Play Award isn’t some big splashy headline on the IPL home page. Nah. It’s buried… deep in the dungeon called “Stats”.
So, I marched back to the official IPL website one more time, tired eyes fixed on the screen:
- Navigated the main menu bar across the top.
- Found the hidden treasure – that little, easily ignored tab labeled “STATS”. Clicked it.
- Waited… Then saw it! A smaller section called “Tournament Stats” or something similar. Clicked again.
- Scrolled down that list… Past ‘Most Runs’, past ‘Most Wickets’… Bingo! Tucked away near the bottom: “Fair Play Award”.
Clicking THAT FINALLY opened a simple page. GT sat right there grinning at the top of the standings for 2023. Felt a huge wave of relief. Wasted maybe an hour crawling through links instead of finding the ONE logical place they should put it – the Awards section! But hey, that’s official sites for ya.
Moral of the story? Want Fair Play Award details? Don’t look under awards. Look under stats. Cricket logic, I guess. And apparently, winning it involves playing nice and following rules – just don’t drop catches or argue with the umpire too much. That simple.
