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Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal earn more than Kohli, Dhoni in an IPTL season

March 3, 2016

New Delhi, Mar 3: There is a perception that Indian cricketers are the highest paid sportspersons across the eight domestic leagues in the country. But this notion has been dispelled by a Research Services Agency, Super Insight, which in its document titled 'Indian Sports Salaries Report 2016', has claimed that tennis legends Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal alone earn double than Indian ODI skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni or Indian Test captain Virat Kohli for playing in just one season of the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL).

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Not only this, Pro Wrestling League (PWL) is the most watched league in India in terms of the TRP ratings followed by the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL), and not the Indian Premier League (IPL).

London Olympic bronze medallist wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt commands the highest advertisement value for a 60-second spot during the leagues at Rs 1.65 lakh per minute, surpassing the likes of cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who earns Rs 1.01 lakh per minute in the IPL followed by Kohli, Dhoni and Suresh Raina (Rs75,000 per minute).

Out of Rs823 crore salaries paid to players in the IPL, IPTL, PWL, PKL, Indian Super League (ISL), Hockey India League (HIL), Premier Badminton League (PBL) and Champions Tennis League (CTL) in India, the domestic players earn just Rs 296 crore as compared to their foreign counterparts, who get a whopping Rs527 crore by featuring in these leagues.

A total of 857 players, 521 Indian and 336 foreign, play in the eight leagues. The Rs1,100 crore ($162 million), earmarked for players' salaries by the eight leagues, is 75 per cent of India's total sports budget.

According to the report, Federer and Nadal are the highest earning players with Rs 26 crore each for playing in the IPTL. While Federer or Nadal's individual earning from IPTL is equal to what all the players in the HIL draw as salaries, if the income of the two taken combined, then also it will be more than that of all players' salaries in PBL, PKL and PWL and HIL. The IPTL's average pay out per player is Rs 5.5 crore, while IPL's is Rs 2.5 crore.

Overall, Indian players rank 36 on the average pay out amongst the players from 73 countries playing in eight leagues. The 169 players considered for this report across the eight IPL teams in 2014-15 earned Rs419.5 crore between them at an average of Rs 2.48 crore per player.

India (44 %) is followed by Australia (11 %), South Africa (6 %), and Switzerland (5 %) as the highest earning countries sending players for playing in the Indian leagues.

The report has been prepared after comprehensively analysing the various sports leagues in India, the cost benefit analysis on players' acquisition deals, the comparative analysis of eight leagues and undertaking valuation of the franchises and leagues.

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July 31,2020

Hampshire, Jul 31: David Willey's maiden five-wicket haul guided England to a six-wicket victory over Ireland in the first ODI here on Friday.

With this win, the hosts have taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series.

Chasing a small target of 173 runs, England got off to a bad start as opener Jonny Bairstow was given LBW in the third over, bowled by Andy McBrine. Jason Roy was then joined by James Vince and the duo added 22 runs on the board before the former was dismissed.

Craig Young then got hold of Vince, who was caught behind after scoring 25 runs. Sam Billings and Tom Banton then took the charge of the chase but the latter too was caught behind which ended his 11-run innings.

Banton's dismissal brought skipper Eoin Morgan on the field. Billings and Morgan played stunning innings and kept scoring boundaries. Morgan struck a scintillating six on the last bowl of the 28th over to take England over the line. Morgan scored 36 runs while Billings played a knock of 67 runs.

Earlier, after being asked to bat first, Ireland witnessed a poor start as Paul Stirling was dismissed in the very first over of the innings, bowled by Willey. Andy Balbirnie then joined Gareth Delany but Willey struck again in his next over, removing Balbirnie.

Delany then played furiously and smashed three consecutive boundaries to Saqib Mahmood in the fourth over. However, the fall of wickets did not stop as England took three wickets in quick succession. Mahmood bowled Harry Tector while Delany and Lorcan Tucker were sent back to the pavilion by Willey.

Kevin O'Brien and Curtis Campher then took the charge and played cautiously, taking their struggling side over the 50-run mark. Adil Rashid got hold of O'Brien (22) in the 22nd over before Simranjit Singh was run out in the same over.

Andy McBrine was the next batsman and he played brilliantly along with Campher, who went on to complete his half-century. Both formed a 66-run partnership before McBrine (40) was dismissed by Tom Curran.

Campher remained unbeaten on 59 but failed to find a partner as England bundled out Ireland on 172 runs.

The second ODI between both teams will be played on Saturday.

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April 14,2020

Melbourne, Apr 14: As all sporting action across the world has come to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic, Australian bowlers are pondering as to how Indian skipper Virat Kohli might play in front of no spectators.

India and Australia are scheduled to play a four-match Test series later this year, and it is being speculated that the series might end up taking place without any crowds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Australian spinner Nathan Lyon on Tuesday said that it would be interesting to see how Kohli goes about it if he does not get a chance to get the audience behind him.

"He is probably good enough to adapt to any scenario. But I was talking to Mitch Starc the other day and we actually said that if we are playing with no crowd, it'll be quite amazing to see Virat trying to rev up the empty seats," cricket.com.au quoted Lyon as saying.

"It is going to be a little bit different, but Virat is a superstar. He will be able to adapt to any climate that we are able to play in," he added.
During the 2018-19 series, India managed to defeat Australia in Australia for the first time in a Test series.

Australia, at that time were without the services of David Warner and Steve Smith. However, the series later this year promises to be a mouth-watering prospect.

"I am excited about the prospect of India coming out to Australia, it's up there with the biggest series alongside the Ashes. They are an absolute powerhouse of the cricket world, and to have those guys out here is going to be fantastic. Playing in front of crowds or no crowds is out of our control, we have got to follow the advice of all the amazing medical people around the world," Lyon said.

"I have not thought about no crowds or massive crowds, it is just about the opportunity of playing against India again. They had the wood over us last time they came over here but we are a much stronger Australian cricket side at the moment, and I am just unbelievably excited about playing them here at home," he added.

Lyon was slated to represent Hampshire in County Championship this year, however, his stint was called off last week due to COVID-19.
He is Australia's third-highest wicket-taker in the longest format of the game as he has total of 390 wickets in Test cricket.

Lyon was last seen in action in the Big Bash League for Sydney Sixers.

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January 14,2020

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