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Tata Group on Tuesday bagged the title rights for the inaugural Women's Premier League beginning in Mumbai on March 4. "I am delighted to announce the #TataGroup as the title sponsor of the inaugural #WPL. With their support, we're confident that we can take women's cricket to the next level," BCCI secretary Jay Shah tweeted. The financials of the deal was not revealed.
Former IPS officer Neeraj Kumar, who strayed into the world of cricket when he was appointed head of BCCI's Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) in 2015, says during his stint, he realised fixing is the proverbial tip of the iceberg of corruption in cricket and a "minuscule percentage of the large-scale chicanery that cricket administrators indulge in". Published by Juggernaut Books, "A Cop in Cricket" is an account of Kumar's personal trials as ACU chief (June 1, 2015 - May 31, 2018) at the BCCI and his "witness statement of the three critical years of the national cricket body caught in the throes of change".
Former India opener Shiv Sunder Das could be appointed interim chairman of the national selection committee after Chetan Sharma resigned from the post following a sting operation by a news channel, where he allegedly revealed confidential information. Das played 23 Tests, the most number among the current lot in the selection panel. Chetan and the entire selection committee had earlier been sacked following India's semi-final exit from the T20 World Cup in Australia. He re-applied for the post and was re-appointed as chairman.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief selector Chetan Sharma has resigned amid row over his alleged remarks in a sting operation. The BCCI secretary Jay Shah is said to have accepted his resignation. In the sting operation, Sharma had allegedly made some bizarre comments about Virat Kohli, Sourav Ganguly, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya and a number of other players in the team. The BCCI didn't release any official statement on the matter and now it seems like Sharma has been relieved from his duties.
The first Women's Premier League (WPL) player auction is likely to take place on February 11 or 13 either in New Delhi or Mumbai with the BCCI making a final decision this week. The BCCI had initially planned to host the auction on February 6 in Mumbai, giving the five newly established franchises just under a month to prepare for the inaugural WPL season, which is anticipated to run from March 4 to 24 as per ESPNcricinfo.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the names of the winners of the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League on Wednesday. The board fetched a total of INR 4669.99 crore from the 5 bidders that won the ownership of the franchises. Adani Sportsline made the biggest of all five franchises, winning the owners of the Ahmedabad team for a price of INR 1289 crore. Next came Indiawin Sports who earned the rights for the Mumbai franchise with the bid of INR 912.99 crore. Among the men's Indian Premier League franchises, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) were the only ones to have bagged a team.
The BCCI is all set to get richer by at least Rs 4000 crore with some of the top business houses set to bid aggressively for the five Women's IPL (WIPL) teams that would be auctioned on Wednesday. According to market experts, the teams are expected to shell out in the "range of 500 to 600 crore INR" per team in the closed-bid auction. "WIPL has huge potential but most of the legacy teams would like to mix optimism with pragmatism," an industry insider, who has previously worked on men's IPL team bid, told PTI ahead of auction.
Ajay Ratra, Amay Khurasiya and S Sharath are among the former players interviewed for a spot in India's senior men's selection panel, as per ESPNCricinfo. The BCCI-appointed Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) interviewed the aforementioned players, along with Chetan Sharma and Harvinder Singh. The shortlisted candidates made presentations before the panel, which will be submitting its recommendations to the board this week. The other candidate in the fray is former India opener SS Das, from East Zone.