BCCI Secretary Jay Shah took to Twitter to make the announcement. The home international matches of India will now be shown on the channels/platform owned by Viacom 18.
The big Indian players are the backbone of this league. It gave platforms to Rinku Singh and Yashaswi Jaiswal, made them superstars and gave them lifelines in the form of big money.
Media reports say it could be Dhoni's last IPL season but the wicketkeeper-batsman remained coy about his future after overseeing Chennai's progress to Sunday's final in Ahmedabad.
Opener Kohli scored an unbeaten 101 off 61 balls for RCB, smashing 13 fours and a six during his innings, though it was not enough to guide his side to victory.
Chahal was tied for the record with former West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo before he finished with figures of 4-25 to move up to 187 wickets from 143 matches.
Rajasthan Royals will play Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals on 5 and 8 April at Guwahati's Barsapara stadium, an increasingly popular venue for domestic & international events.
Beating Amazon, Disney and Sony to the Indian Premier League was only half the battle. Now the world’s seventh-richest man needs to work out how to make money from it.
From Walt Disney to Sony, Viacom18 — a joint venture between Paramount Global & Ambani’s RIL — outbid all to bag the streaming rights, while Disney acquired the TV broadcast rights.
Amazon’s surprise pullout leaves the field open for Ambani’s Reliance, Disney & Sony Group, who’re betting the game will help them dominate an Indian consumer market increasingly going online.
As the group stages come to a close, ThePrint picks out the best playing XI of the current season so far, while also highlighting emerging players and comeback stars.
Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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