India, June 4 -- One of the IPL's great wonders has always been how it provides the opportunities for players across different generations and different countries to cross paths, when they might never have had the chance otherwise. For England's Jordan Cox, this was just the year, as he played a dressing room role as champions RCB's regular twelfth man throughout a victorious season.

Although he didn't play a full game, he spent plenty of time as a substitute on the field, and countless hours training alongside the likes of Virat Kohli. While certain sects say he wasted his time during the early parts of the County Championship by holding bench for INR 75 lakh in India, Cox argued he wouldn't swap it for the world.

"If you haven't been ...