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  • Saturday, 5 February, 2022
    Special ReportThe Business of Cricket
    Expanded IPL tightens its grip on world game

    India’s $6bn short-format league is about to set off a TV rights frenzy, dealing a further blow to international cricket

  • Saturday, 5 February, 2022
    Special ReportThe Business of Cricket
    Test cricket stuck on the back foot as faster formats prosper

    Perceived lack of meaningful competition threatens traditional five-day contest

  • Sunday, 21 November, 2021
    News in-depthNikkei Asia
    Billionaires bet on big-money TV deal for Indian Premier League

    Cricket competition has two new teams and a lot riding on broadcasting rights talks

  • Saturday, 30 October, 2021
    Scoreboard
    Why IPL cricket teams are worth more than Premier League clubs Premium content

    Plus, digging into the Super League’s legal case against Uefa, and more.

  • Monday, 25 October, 2021
    CVC and Sanjiv Goenka to pay $1.7bn for new IPL cricket teams

    Ahmedabad and Lucknow franchises sold for $745m and $945m as investors rush to profit from competition’s rise

  • Saturday, 2 October, 2021
    Scoreboard
    Vaccine hesitancy in sport: NBA gets political again Premium content

    Plus, Afghan cricket after Taliban takeover, Uefa suffers Super League defeat, and more

  • Friday, 1 October, 2021
    Sony Corp
    Sony and Zee to bid for Indian Premier League cricket rights as part of merger

    Potential rivals for multibillion-dollar contract include Disney, Facebook, Amazon and Reliance

  • Friday, 10 September, 2021
    Cricket
    Cancellation of England vs India revives fears of IPL’s impact on cricket

    Indian players pull out of fifth Test over Covid concerns just days before lucrative tournament based on game’s shorter form

  • Saturday, 26 June, 2021
    Scoreboard
    US college athletes secure big victory on pay Premium content

    This week in the business of sport: UK government sparks controversy over VIPs skipping quarantine to attend Euro 2020, US investors buy into Indian cricket, and more.

  • Thursday, 24 June, 2021
    India’s Rajasthan Royals cricket team valued at $250m with US stake

    Investor in Boston Red Sox and Liverpool acquires 15% stake in IPL franchise

  • Friday, 7 May, 2021
    News in-depthAustralia
    Australia accused of playing politics over Covid travel ban

    Bar on citizens returning from India has been labelled racist, cruel and possibly illegal

  • Tuesday, 4 May, 2021
    India
    Indian Premier League cricket suspended after players contract Covid

    Organisers had faced criticism for allowing games to continue despite country’s health crisis

  • Friday, 30 April, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Indians vent fury as world’s richest cricket tournament plays on

    Scarce resources being diverted to IPL as Covid deluge overwhelms health system, say critics

  • Thursday, 10 December, 2020
    Cricket
    New US cricket league aims to crack world’s largest sports market

    Microsoft chief and Bollywood superstar among high-profile backers of US Twenty20 tournament

  • Friday, 13 November, 2020
    Cricket
    Indian Premier League cricket pulls in record TV audience

    Tournament postponed twice by pandemic fuels ad spending boost

  • Tuesday, 18 August, 2020
    Inside BusinessBenjamin Parkin
    Indian cricket’s sticky wicket

    The wildly popular and lucrative IPL is feeling the effects of the pandemic and anti-China sentiment

  • Saturday, 18 April, 2020
    Hit for six: India’s IPL cricket league floored by coronavirus

    Pandemic has created no-win situation for competition that has revolutionised game

  • Sunday, 22 April, 2018
    Indian business & finance
    India targets fugitive tycoons with asset seizure act

    Administration passes ordinance to hold to account accused who have left country

  • Monday, 12 March, 2018
    Amy Kazmin
    On the trail of India’s ‘loot and scoot brigade’

    Two diamond dealers are the latest to join a list of absent tycoons

  • Monday, 4 September, 2017
    Sport
    Murdoch’s Star India pays $2.6bn for IPL cricket rights

    Five-year deal shows growing appeal of two-month league to advertisers and viewers

  • Friday, 28 April, 2017
    The Big ReadMurad Ahmed
    Cricket goes for gold in its Olympic bid

    Modernisers argue that entry to the games is crucial for the sport’s survival but India could block such a move

  • Sunday, 23 October, 2016
    US & Canadian companies
    Fox battles Sony Pictures for Indian cricket league rights

    Ten-year media deal split into broadcast and digital components

  • Thursday, 6 October, 2016
    Cricket
    Court orders struggling Indian cricket board to reform

    Sport’s governing body in India has 24 hours to agree governance changes or have them forced upon it

  • Sunday, 29 May, 2016
    Sport
    Kohli takes long handle to T20 batting stats

    Indian having arguably greatest year ever for a batsman in the game’s shortest form

  • Friday, 29 April, 2016
    Indian business & finance
    India’s wanted tycoon Vijay Mallya breaks his silence

    Billionaire declares he will settle debts from Kingfisher collapse at a ‘reasonable’ price

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