IPL 2022

[Donny]

"Two days at home is all Matthew Wade will get following an 'unforgettable' Indian Premier League triumph as he shifts his focus to international cricket and Australia's T20 World Cup defence.

Wade became the 16th Australian overnight to win an IPL title as his Gujarat Titans downed Rajasthan Royals at Narendra Modi Stadium in front of a world-record cricket crowd of 104,859 (the previous record was 93,013 at the MCG for the 2015 ODI World Cup final).

The 34-year-old scored eight off 10 balls to finish a "frustrating" two-month tournament for him personally, but he joins the list alongside Australian greats Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Watson, Andrew Symonds, Brett Lee and Matthew Hayden, just to name a few, to have won the world's best domestic T20 tournament.

Having helped Australia secure its maiden men's T20 World Cup crown last November, the wicketkeeper-batter said winning the IPL was the next best.

"It's a close to winning a World Cup as you can get," he told SEN Radio on Monday morning.

"It was a crazy atmosphere and something I'll never forget – 104,000 people, I didn't think I'd ever play in front of that many."

CA.