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The explosion of Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket in recent years just paid off in a major way. On Tuesday, the IPL announced its new broadcast partners ...

There’s every chance that when the IPL rights are big on again in 2027 the USA could be a major growth area, should the MLC venture see success, and non-traditional fans begin to buy into the sport. However, this next deal could just be a litmus test for the swelling popularity of the largest global cricket league, and we could see movement in the next deal. On Tuesday, the IPL announced its new broadcast partners for 2023-27, and with it a staggering $6.2 billion price tag.

Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani has seen off competition from global media giants to bag the rights to stream the IPL for $2.6 billion, according to a source at ...

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India's cricket board said Tuesday it has sold the broadcast rights of the IPL tournament for the next five seasons to global media giants for an ...

tweeted Jay Shah, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary, announcing the results of a hotly contested three-day online auction. Star, owned by US behemoth Disney, retained the domestic TV rights for the coming five seasons of the annual two-month competition from 2023 to 2027 for $3.01 billion, the BCCI said. The amount paid for the rights to one of the world's most-watched sports contests dwarfs the $2.55 billion that Star India paid in 2017 for the previous five seasons to 2022.

Star, owned by US behemoth Disney, bought the TV rights while Viacom18 - a joint venture between Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani's Reliance and US group ...

he said, announcing the results of a hotly contested three-day online auction. Star, owned by US behemoth Disney, bought the TV rights while Viacom18 - a joint venture between Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani's Reliance and US group Paramount Global - picked up the streaming rights, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said. Star, owned by US behemoth Disney, bought the TV rights while Viacom18 - a joint venture between Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani's Reliance and US group Paramount Global - picked up the streaming rights, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said.

Franchises and players in the T20 league and state associations look certain to benefit while focus will be on how India's domestic cricketers and fans get ...

“The BCCI will utilise the revenue generated from IPL to strengthen our domestic cricket structure starting from grassroots, to boost infrastructure and spruce up facilities across India and enrich the overall cricket-watching experience,” BCCI secretary Jay Shah said. The franchises and state associations stand to benefit proportionately, based on the current revenue sharing formula. As per the last revision, it was around ₹30 crore per association. It is Indian cricket that stands to benefit the most from the league’s riches. The players would be keenly awaiting such a move from the Indian board. With IPL’s media rights valuation - ₹48,390 crore - having trebled from the last five-year cycle, expect player salaries also to be revised.

The cost to acquire media rights for the Indian Premier League tripled to 483.9 billion rupees ($6.2 billion), catapulting the cricket tournament over the ...

Viacom18 Media Pvt., a joint venture between Paramount Global and Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd., won digital streaming rights for 238 billion rupees, Jay Shah, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, said on Twitter Tuesday. Walt Disney Co. bagged television rights for about 236 billion rupees.

Australian Blind Cricket Team opener Steffan Nero has smashed a longstanding world record with an astonishing unbeaten 309 off 140 balls.

“It’s a lot of evenings, weekends, along with university and work it can be quite a lot at time,” he said. “I imagine it’s a big mental strain concentrating for any fully sighted person for that length of time,” he said. “It’s been a long time,” he said. “When it went over the boundary for six I was very happy with that. It also included the first six of the tournament, a magnificent reverse sweep over the ropes at Shaw Park. “This ball hit the right spot.

Brisbane is currently hosting the International Cricket Inclusion Series in Brisbane, with Australia leading 6-0 against New Zealand with two one-day ...

Australia Deaf vs England Deaf, ODI, Geoff Dymock Oval, 8:30am Australia ID vs England ID, ODI, Alan Pettigrew Oval, 10am Australia Deaf vs England Deaf, ODI, Geoff Dymock Oval, 8:30am "So, I think the ball just went into the right spot. Australia ID vs England ID, ODI, Alan Pettigrew Oval, 10am I play it all the time."

Australian opening batter Steffan Nero has broken the world record for the highest score in a blind cricket...

"But I was also annoyed because I needed to stop hitting the ball in the air. It's a big mental strain I imagine for a fully sighted person, but with vision impairment we spend more energy to concentrate," he described. "For me, it's good to reflect and celebrate. That's one thing I think people don't realise, straining your eyes for that period of time can be quite taxing." "It was definitely a shock when it went over the rope for six, I was very happy with that. "The mind, the eyes, it's a big mental strain concentrating.

Aggressive bidding for the rights for India's most-watched cricket tournament has made the competition more expensive to broadcast than England's top-flight ...

Aggressive bidding for the rights for India’s most-watched cricket tournament has made the competition more expensive to broadcast than England’s top-flight football.

Coming from Kunwarpur - a tiny village in Uttarakhand's Garhwal region Kanyal scored a century in his Ranji Trophy debut against Maharashtra.

It was only when I started doing well that I felt like I could play for India. If I do really well in the next few years, maybe I might get into India A or IPL. Belonging to a state like Uttarakhand, it's very difficult to play for India directly. I was only looking forward to come back and play - only looking at the solution to get back fit at the earliest, not the problem that I was facing." (Everyone would tell me the story of how Yuvraj Singh beat cancer and returned to play cricket)," the cricketer said. "But in the 10-odd days when I would return home, I was pampered. The thought of wanting to go back and play cricket gave me the fighting spirit to beat cancer. I beat cancer because I wanted to play cricket,” the 21-year-old told Cricbuzz.

Disney lost out on streaming rights to the Indian Premier League's cricket matches from 2023-2027, but said it will keep the broadcast rights. Photo: Arun ...

- Saks Fifth Avenue:$20 off sitewide + free shipping - Saks Fifth Avenue coupon You may cancel your subscription at anytime by calling Customer Service. The entertainment giant said Tuesday that it will keep the broadcast rights to the Indian Premier League’s cricket seasons from 2023-2027.

Kamal Singh, an opening batter for Uttarakhand, doesn't like to carry the burden of the past. It's a part of his personality, much like the way he views his ...

It was only when I started doing well that I felt like I could play for India. If I do really well in the next few years, maybe I might get into India A or IPL. Belonging to a state like Uttarakhand, it's very difficult to play for India directly. I was only looking forward to come back and play - only looking at the solution to get back fit at the earliest, not the problem that I was facing." "But in the 10-odd days when I would return home, I was pampered. But there are enough people to remind me that the time has passed, there is no point thinking about it." "There really wasn't a lot to do in the hospital, I would be sleeping all the time. At times, I would walk towards the window and stare at people walking outside or watch cricket on the television. The thought of wanting to go back and play cricket gave me the fighting spirit to beat cancer. When I found out that it was cancer, I was already so used to what was happening that it didn't bother me. He doesn't like to carry the burden of the past with him, he says. "We found out that the platelet count was very low. "At that age, I didn't realise the enormity of the disease. Much like it was for his team, Uttarakhand, who were at the receiving end of a record 725-run thrashing against Mumbai in their maiden quarterfinal appearance.

Manish Tiwary had only been in his new job as head of Amazon.com Inc.'s India business a couple of months when he faced a weighty decision: How aggressively ...

Tiwary and senior management in Seattle decided those billions would be better spent on Amazon’s e-commerce business. Manish Tiwary had only been in his new job as head of Amazon.com Inc.’s India business a couple of months when he faced a weighty decision: How aggressively should the US e-commerce giant bid for media rights to the Indian Premier League?

Yorkshire and a "number of individuals" have been charged by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) following the governing body's investigation into how ...

But the following month the club confirmed nobody would be disciplined, a decision that was greeted with widespread incredulity. Pakistan-born former off-spinner Rafiq first raised allegations of racism and bullying in September 2020, related to his two spells at Yorkshire. Yorkshire and a "number of individuals" have been charged by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) following the governing body's investigation into how the county dealt with racism allegations made by former player Azeem Rafiq.

An independent panel of the Cricket Discipline Commission, the body that handles disciplinary matters in the English domestic game, will hear the cases in ...

Rafiq, a former England under-19 captain of Pakistani descent, last year alleged that he had been a victim of institutional racism at the club. This decision is taken on a case-by-case basis.” In April, Yorkshire chairman Kamlesh Patel said that the club had learnt its lessons and hoped to be a “beacon of hope” for diversity in English cricket.

The ECB investigation followed allegations of racism made by former Yorkshire player Azeem Rafiq. The 31-year-old gave testimony to the Digital, Culture, Media ...

We currently expect the hearing to take place in September or October 2022." It is however standard practice for the CDC disciplinary panel to publish its decisions and written reasons in full following the hearing. The ECB is grateful to all those who have taken the time to speak with the investigating team.

According to Brits, the change in her sporting career came after she was involved in a car accident.“I needed to play sport to keep myself busy, ...

She further added that her biggest achievement thus far in cricket has to definitely be the fact that she currently has the opportunity to play in the Women’s Cricket World Cup. Brits is currently competing in the Women’s Cricket World Cup. According to Brits, the change in her sporting career came after she was involved in a car accident.

And when we're not all agog for Trent Boult vs James Anderson, we're waiting to see whether Jay-Z will bring Brooklyn's finest PR skills to our game.

We understand that we are experts in developing talent and in cricket," said CSA CEO Pholetsi Moseki, placing the definition of the word "expert" under all sorts of strain. Let's just always try to be better," he said ahead of the aforementioned Trent Bridge Test. "I don't know how you make positive more positive but I think you know what I mean." "The message from me to everyone is to look to be even more positive than we were last week. ButTrent Boulthas, by his own admission, spent his ten and a half years as a Test cricketer slowly reeling in Muthiah Muralidaran's record, finally getting there amid the familiar flurry of jabs, squawks and feints that makes his batting a piece of performance art. Tallying up the most runs ever scored by a No. 11 is very much in keeping with the you-don't-have-to-be-crazy-to-work-here-but-it-helps mood that sets cricket apart from most other sports. Nothing beats the timeless verities of the five-day game,the crucible of white-hot competition between the greatest, most-skilled practitionersof our beloved sport.

The fallout from the racism crisis in county cricket sparked by allegations from former Yorkshire player Azeem Rafiq has continued with the England and ...

June 17, 2021 – Yorkshire confirm they have failed to “resolve the issues between the club and Azeem Rafiq” through the process of judicial mediation. November 12, 2021 – Essex chairman John Faragher resigns following a historic allegation of racist language used by him at a board meeting in 2017. Later, his statement from his settled employment tribunal with Yorkshire reveals damning allegations against Ballance, Moxon, Andrew Gale, Tim Bresnan and Matthew Hoggard. Broadcaster David Lloyd also apologises for comments he made. November 5, 2021 – Hutton resigns as Yorkshire chairman along with two board members. The county insist there is insufficient evidence to prove or disprove institutionalised racism. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Rafiq reveals his exasperation with continued delays to the process. Lord Patel is appointed as the new chair. August 19, 2021 – Rafiq accuses Yorkshire of “fudging” his claims of institutional racism after the county apologise to the former spinner for being the “victim of inappropriate behaviour” but insist “many of the allegations were not upheld”. September 10, 2021 – Yorkshire release a summarised version of the report, where they apologise and accept Rafiq had been the victim of “racial harassment and bullying”, but after only seven of Rafiq’s 43 allegations were upheld. The fallout from the racism crisis in county cricket sparked by allegations from former Yorkshire player Azeem Rafiq has continued with the England and Wales Cricket Board charging the county and a “number of individuals” on Wednesday. November 13, 2020 – Rafiq reveals details of the racism he faced at Yorkshire, saying non-white players were called “P***s” and “elephant washers”. He also highlights a drinking culture at the club that is insensitive to Muslim attitudes to alcohol.

England Head Coach, Brendon McCullum, during a nets session at Trent Bridge Cricket Ground McCullum's England have taken an unassailable 2-0 series lead over ...

England have had a spectacular start to life under McCullum and the bad news for the rest of world cricket is that this is still early days in the evolution of “Bazball”. As Bairstow notes: “It’s not the finished article. It’s only been two weeks and that’s going to develop and evolve over a period of time. “I knew our mindset was always going to be all about winning and at no stage was it ever going to turn into a draw from our point of view. Broad also gave an insight into the first two tenets of “Bazball”, saying: “It does feel really fresh and exciting in the changing room. Whoever is to come, the changing room has full belief you can get the win.” Yet to take a similar mindset into Test cricket, where players are at the mercy of varying conditions over five days, is another thing altogether.

Australian blind cricketer Steffan Nero has rewritten the record books, scoring an unbeaten 309 off 140 balls against New Zealand in the International ...

“For me, it‘s good to reflect and celebrate. “I was really well supported by the other boys and I definitely didn’t do it alone. “It means they might see it on the news and push and strive to play as well.” People around me were just telling me to push. My eventual goal is to try and score good runs against the best teams in the world, which is India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. They’re the top tier.” “It hasn’t sunk in yet but as the days and weeks pass, I think I’ll realise what an achievement it is.”

The ECB did not name any of the people involved in a statement issued on Wednesday but English daily The MailPlus reported some of the high-profile names ...

"In matters of this nature, our normal practice is not to identify individuals charged at this stage. The ECB did not name any of the people involved in a statement issued on Wednesday but English daily The MailPlus reported some of the high-profile names included former England captain Vaughan, Matthew Hoggard, Tim Bresnan, Gary Ballance and former head coach Andrew Gale The ECB's investigation followed allegations of racism made by former Yorkshire player Azeem Rafiq, who alleged racial discrimination at the cricket club in September 2020.

After an incredible 309no against New Zealand this week, Australian Blind Cricketer Steffan Nero revealed his future goals and the difficulty of a long ...

"It's a big mental strain concentrating I imagine for any fully sighted person for that length of time. All we really want to do is play cricket.” I was very happy about that. A playing XI is made up of a mix of players from three categories of vision impairment: B1 players are those deemed totally blind (there must be four in the playing XI), B2 players have a field of vision of five degrees or less (three in the XI), and four B3 players can have a field of vision up to 20 degrees. "It's good to reflect and to celebrate but also to evaluate how am I going in terms of a player, because at the end of the day, my eventual goal is to try and score good runs against the best teams in the world, which is India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka." "It's a dream in itself to play for Australia so to make a century for Australia is one of those lifelong memories you will never forget," Nero said.