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Satya Nadella, Shantanu Narayen Among Prominent Investors In US' First T20 League
In a significant push to popularise cricket in the US, a USD 120 million funding has been secured from prominent Indian-American business leaders, including Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, to launch the first professional T20 league in the US. Major League Cricket (MLC), the first professional Twenty20 Cricket League in the US, announced Thursday that it has completed an initial close of a USD 44 million Series A and A1 Fundraising Round led by a group of America's leading business leaders.
Watch: Virat Kohli Left In Pain After Collision With Gujarat Titans Spinner
Royal Challengers Bangalore kept their playoff hopes alive after beating table-toppers Gujarat Titans by eight wickets in Match 67 of IPL 2022 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Virat Kohli rediscovered his lost mojo, as he guided his team to a win with a brilliant knock of 73. However, during the match, Kohli was left in pain after he was involved in a collision with Gujarat Titans spinner Sai Kishore. On the second delivery of the ninth over, Faf du Plessis and Kohli tried to push for double after the former had played Kishore's delivery towards cover.
Satya Nadella, Shantanu Narayen among prominent investors in USA's first T20 league
cricket in the US, a USD 120 million funding has been secured from prominent Indian-American business leaders, including Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, to launch the first professional T20 league in the US. Major League Cricket (MLC), the first professional Twenty20 Cricket League in the US, announced on Thursday that it has completed an initial close of a USD 44 million Series A and A1 Fundraising Round led by a group of America's leading business leaders. It said that with an additional commitment of USD 76 million in further fundraising over the next 12 months in place, MLC plans to deploy more than USD 120 million to launch the country's first-ever professional T20 league. The investor groups for the Series A and A1 Fundraising Round, which includes MLC's seed funding round, were led by Nadella among others. "The significant funding committed by an outstanding group of investors will allow Major League Cricket to build first-class facilities and accelerate the sport's development across the country, bringing world-class professional cricket to the world's largest sports market,” Major League Cricket co-founders Sameer Mehta and Vijay Srinivasan said.
Virat Kohli Becomes First Player To Complete 7,000 Runs For RCB
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) star batter Virat Kohli on Thursday became the first player to score 7000 runs for a single IPL franchise. Kohli achieved this feat during the match against Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Wankhede Stadium.
IPL 2022: Virat Kohli Hits Rashid Khan For A Six But Spinner Has Last Laugh
During Virat Kohli's match-winning 73 against Gujarat Titans, the Royal Challengers Bangalore star was involved in a riveting contest with Afghan leg-spinner Rashid Khan. While teams have targeted the former India captain with spin, on Thursday, he was in imperious form against the star leggie. Kohli first hit him for a boundary in the fourth over and then brought up his half-century with a six off Rashid in the 10th over. Kohli again hit him for a six off the second delivery of the 17th over. However, the Gujarat Titans star finally got the better off him two balls later.
Swag Alert! This Ravi Shastri Tweet Is Viral
Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri was his vibrant self on Friday as he tweeted two dapper pictures of himself in which he can be sporting a flashy jacket. The pictures were full of swag, but he did not stop there as the captions along with the pictures were just as cool. Shastri can also be seen donning flashy shades and in the first picture, he has his hands raised.
"It's A Sad Thing...": Sunil Gavaskar Worried How Umran Malik And Other Express Pacers Have Exposed Young Indian Batters
Umran Malik has emerged as one of the best fast bowlers in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. Along with the SunRisers Hyderabad fast bowler, Lucknow Super Giants' Mohsin Khan, Rajasthan Royals' Kuldeep Sen and Gujarat Titans' Yash Dayal have also impressed among the crop of young Indian pacers who are playing in the ongoing season of the IPL. India great Sunil Gavaskar is happy that fast bowlers like Umran have emerged in Indian cricket but is also concerned about the way young Indian batters are facing these fast bowlers.