The now $2 billion Indian Premier League property has come through an economic slowdown and other challenges with higher valuations for stakeholders.
Despite higher costs and smaller gate revenues, franchises will, on an average, take home about Rs 46 crore each, estimate insiders.
“I can’t share a figure on earnings. We are closing our books [...]
India’s national team players have been on the road for close to four months after a full tour of New Zealand in February was followed by the second edition of the IPL.
National team coach Gary Kirsten last week said mental fatigue could hamper India’s chances of defending the title they won in South Africa in [...]
With the dashing opener ruled out of the T-20 World Cup with a shoulder injury, speculations are rife about how much he knew about the injury before embarking on the tour. Daggers have been drawn — some of them pointing at Viru and some at the Board. But the question being asked is — are [...]
10 Putting behind the disappointment of its team Chennai Super Kings not making it to the IPL finals this year, in spite of it being one of the favoured teams, India Cements Ltd (ICL) intends leveraging the CSK brand in the new markets in western India where it has entered.
While its cement brands, such [...]
Ireland’s cricketers have nothing to lose but perhaps a fortune to gain in their final World Twenty20 Group A match against champions India.
William Porterfield’s team are assured of their Super Eights progression, irrespective of the outcome at Trent Bridge tonight, thanks to their victory over Bangladesh at the same venue on Monday.
That result was hastened [...]
Looking back at the DLF IPL there were few standout performances by any of the several New Zealand players part of the different teams. However New Zealand’s international cricket coach Andy Moles and national selector Glenn Turner have dismissed the performances of the Kiwis at the IPL. According to Turner, the nature of T20 [...]
Angry over the racial attacks on Indian students, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today said Australian players in IPL cricket teams should be removed till such incidents continue Down Under.
“Two things should be done immediately. Captains of Australian companies who have invested in India should be summoned and told that the business atmosphere would [...]
India’s cricket captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, believes the Indian Premier League has helped his players find form ahead of their World Twenty20 title defence.
India won the inaugural World Twenty20 two years ago in South Africa and Dhoni thinks his side, helped by their IPL experience, have a great chance of repeating that success.
He said: “Here [...]
Lalit Modi, chairman of the IPL, and Andrew Wildblood, Senior Vice President of IMG, the sports management company that helped make the IPL happen, sat down in Johannesburg with SPIN’s Nick Sadleir.
Lalit, you seem to have been at almost every IPL game this year…
Lalit Modi If there are two games on the same day in [...]
Just about everybody seems sure that India will win the cup this year too and retain the title they won in 2007. Some fear that that so much back to back cricket is going to take a toll on the boys; Gary Kirsten said fatigue will be team India’s biggest hurdle, and he’s not completely [...]
