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  Bid price for IPL's media and digital rights expected to double to Rs 32,694 crore in 2023 It will be raining money for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the country’s apex cricketing body, as two new team franchises of the Indian Premier League (IPL) go under the hammer on Monday. The new owners will be declared in Dubai by the end of day. According to estimates, BCCI is expected to rake in an additional Rs 5,000-7,000 crore from the sale of the two new IPL teams , apart from an additional Rs 450 crore plus from its share of broadcasting and sponsorship revenues in 2022. That’s because the number of matches in the tournament will go up from 60 to 74 next year (due to the number of teams going up from eight to 10). Disney+Hotstar has to fork out Rs 54.5 core per match for beaming and streaming the live matches. But the big bonanza for both BCCI as well as the franchisees – both new and old – will come from 2023, when the media and digital rights o...

  Having faced racial abuse in Australia, India’s new pace sensation Mohammed Siraj on Wednesday had spectators ‘throwing a ball at him’ while fielding at the boundary line Having faced racial abuse in Australia, India’s new pace sensation  Mohammed Siraj  on Wednesday had spectators “throwing a ball at him” while fielding at the boundary line, teammate Rishabh Pant revealed at the end of first day’s play in the third Test against England The TV cameras showed an angry Kohli asking Siraj stationed at boundary to throw the object out. When asked Pant did reveal what happened. “I think, somebody (from the crowd) threw a ball at Siraj, so he (Kohli) was upset. You can say whatever you want, chant, but don’t throw things at fielders. It is not good for cricket, I guess,” Pant said at the end of the first day’s play where England were 120 for no loss after bowling India out for 78. The 27-year-old Siraj, who played a key role in the team’s win the second Test at Lord...

  India wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant said that he will donate his match fee for the rescue efforts and would urge more people to help out after a glacier burst in Uttarakhand on Sunday India wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant said that he will donate his match fee for the rescue efforts and would urge more people to help out after a glacier burst in Uttarakhand on Sunday. Pant, who is currently playing in the first Test against England in Chennai, expressed grief over the loss of lives in the calamity. “Deeply pained by the loss of life in  Uttarakhand Flood . Would like to donate my match fee for the rescue efforts and would urge more people to help out,” Pant tweeted. Pant missed out on a hundred on day three of the ongoing Test and played a quick knock of 91 runs. He also stitched a 119-run stand with Cheteshwar Pujara (73) for the fifth wicket. At stumps, India’s score read 257/6, with Washington Sundar (33 ) and Ravichandran Ashwin (8 ) at the crease, trailing England...