The hybrid model combining cricket and business came to manifest as the Indian Premier League. Now in its 18th year, the business aspect of the tournament has come to be more refined than ever, with strategies becoming more discrete and evolved. The 2025 IPL Mega Auction in Jeddah was nothing short of a blockbuster. It delivered all the drama and thrill cricket fans have come to expect from the sport's grandest marketplace.
Gone are the days when team owners picked their potential squads from auctions merely on the basis of stardom and popularity. A great deal of research and planning appears to be going into auctions. Pragmatic combinations, and not flamboyance, has become the yardstick of decision-making. The IPL, as a franchise sport, is fast approaching maturity. Or can it be said to have reached a fulcrum already?
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An unsung iconoclast
SHABDAVALI: VALLEY OF WORDS
'OSCAR WIN GAVE ME THE LUXURIOUS NOTION OF CHOICE'
Eddie Redmayne currently stars in 'The Day of the Jackal'
Turning the 'tides'
CLIMATE CHANGE SERIES
Hegemony in the green space
Developed nations' transnational corporations have exploited the climate crisis and international agreements to secure their economic dominance, diminishing the power of sovereign states and transforming climate negotiations into economic battles. However, emerging players like China are now redefining the global landscape
OUR ROBO-WORLD!
With autonomous robots expected to pick more than 25,000 raspberries a day, perform surgeries, and serve food in restaurants, AI-powered machines in China are redefining technology and ways of life simultaneously to create an age and stage where they might even have the ability to express love and emotion
Harmanpreet hungry for WC medal
India men's hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh has two Olympics bronze medals in his cabinet, but rues missing out on World Cup glory, an anomaly that he wants to set right in the next edition in 2026.
Chandan takes over as BOA president
Revenge was exacted as Chandan Roy Chowdhury went on to become the new Bengal Olympic Association (BOA) president, toppling the incumbent Swapan Banerjee.
ISL: Cummings comes off the bench to save Mohun Bagan's day
Mumbai FC scrape past Hyderabad
BGT: Hazelwood out of 2nd Test, replacement Boland hints at tweaks
Hazlewood has been ruled out of the match with a low grade left side injury
Generation gap
SYED MODI INTERNATIONAL
