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 [...]
More than a decade ago and before she became a soap queen, Ekta Kapoor began her career as television producer with a supernatural show called Mano Ya Na Mano. It did not fair well so Ekta moved on to comedy with Hum Paanch, which set the ball rolling for her journey to success. While her [...]
More than a decade ago and before she became a soap queen, Ekta Kapoor began her career as television producer with a supernatural show called Mano Ya Na Mano. It did not fair well so Ekta moved on to comedy with Hum Paanch, which set the ball rolling for her journey to success. While her [...]
Freddie Flintoff bowled the first six overs of his comeback after knee surgery; two before play and four during the lunch interval in the match between Lancashire and Somerset on Sunday.
Even better news: Kevin Pietersen is operating at fully 70 per cent fitness. One must look on the bright side after learning on Monday [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The controversy surrounding Virender Sehwag is getting curious by the day.
The explosive opener, ruled out of the ICC World Twenty20 and replaced by Dinesh Karthik, finally broke his silence on the injury in Nottingham on Tuesday.
“I had suffered the injury during our IPL semifinal clash against Deccan Chargers when I dived to stop a ball,” [...]
The South African safari isn’t over yet. A little-known SA firm, KBJ Asset Holding, has queered the pitch for Rajasthan Royals, Deccan
Chargers, Knight Riders and other IPL teams by filing for registration of trademarks in their names.
KBJ’s attempt to register the trademarks for activities related to education, training, entertainment, sporting and cultural activities, soccer, [...]
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 [...]
