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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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June 12,2020

New Delhi, Jun 12: The BCCI on Friday called off Indian cricket team's short tour of Zimbabwe in August due to the threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The announcement was on expected lines after Sri Lanka Cricket announced on Thursday that India's limited overs tour in June-July was postponed indefinitely.

"The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday announced that the Indian Cricket Team will not travel to Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe owing to the current threat of COVID-19," BCCI secetary Jay Shah said in a statement.

"Team India was originally scheduled to travel to the island nation from 24th June 2020 for three ODIs and as many T20Is and to Zimbabwe for a series comprising three ODIs starting 22nd August 2020," Shah added.

The Indian team is yet to resume training and the camp is unlikely to take place before July. The players will take around six weeks to be match-ready.

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February 17,2020

Hamilton, Feb 17: Mayank Agarwal found form on his birthday and Rishabh Pant mixed caution with his customary aggression as India’s warm-up fixture against New Zealand XI ended in a draw here on Sunday.

The match was called off an hour after lunch with India reaching 252 for four just 48 overs into their second innings.

Agarwal, who had gone through a wretched period since the second Test against Bangladesh, retired on 81 off 99 balls with 10 fours and three sixes to his name.

To the relief of the Indian team management, Pant played in his customary manner to reach 70 off 65 balls, but also showed discretion when the opposition bowlers were in the midst of a good spell. There were four sixes -- two each off leg-spinner Ish Sodhi and off-spinner Henry Cooper.

While Sodhi was hit down the ground, Cooper was dispatched over extra cover on a couple of occasions. He didn’t curb his aggression, though, there were times when he was ready defend the spinners and also leave some of the deliveries.

Even though Pant is considered a better batsman than Wriddhiman Saha, the innings might have come too late in the day considering that the latter is a better keeper and possibly a more responsible batsman in pressure situations.

The biggest positive to have emerged from the New Zealand second innings is Agarwal’s poor run coming to an end. The Seddon Park track easing out was definitely a factor but Agarwal’s footwork was more assured as he played some glorious on-drives and pull-shots off fast bowlers.

Before this game, Agarwal had played 10 competitive games including first-class, ODIs and List A matches and couldn’t cross the 40-run mark in 11 completed innings. He even bagged a pair against New Zealand A in an unofficial Test match.

Once he had got his form back, he didn’t come out to bat after lunch giving Saha an opportunity to score an unbeaten 30, his runs coming mostly against non-regular bowlers.

The Agarwal-Pant pair added 100 runs in 14.3 overs and it also helped that part-timers like Cooper was introduced into the action.

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August 2,2020

New Delhi, Aug 2: Batting great Rahul Dravid has attributed Chennai Super Kings' consistent run in the IPL to skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's instincts, game-smarts and the incredible amount of work that goes behind the scenes.

N Srinivasan, the former BCCI president and head of India Cements, which owns the CSK franchise, agreed that Dhoni is a man of instinct who doesn't believe in attending team meetings and going over data.

Both were speaking at a webinar organised by the Great Lakes Institute of Management.

"If you look at the success CSK has had, they've got really good access to data and they've got really good access to people behind the scenes and they've run cricket teams at the junior level," Dravid said at the webinar according to ESPNcricinfo.

The former India captain added, "They understand talent and they've obviously got a good scouting process in place. But, what they also have is a captain who really understands instincts.

"So, I mean, look, I know Dhoni quite well and I hope he hasn't changed, but I know Dhoni is probably not one to look at reams of data and statistics."

The Super Kings have won the lucrative tournament three times -- one less than Mumbai Indians -- and reached the knockouts in each of the 10 seasons they have been a part of.

Srinivasan also spoke about how Dhoni's instinct and judgement contributed to his team's success at a time when a lot of emphases is placed on data.

"We're awash with data just now. To give you an example, there are bowling coaches and in a T20 game, they play videos of every batsman whom they're going to come against and they see how he got out, what's his strength, what's his weakness etc.

"So, MS Dhoni doesn't attend this, he's a pure instinct man. The bowling coach, (head coach Stephen) Fleming will be there and everybody will be there, everyone is giving opinions, (but) he'll get up and go.

"In the context of instinct, he feels that okay he can assess a batsman or player on the field, that's his judgement. On the other hand, there is so much of data that is available to help a person also analyse. It's a very difficult line to draw (between data and instinct)."

Srinivasan also recalled how Dhoni once refused to take "one outstanding player" suggested by the franchise boss as that could have broken the team's cohesion.

"There was one outstanding player that we suggested to MS, he said: 'no sir, he will spoil the team'. The cohesion within the team is important and see in America, franchise-based sport has been there for such a long time," he said.

"In India, we're just starting and we're new to it. But we at India Cements have had a lot of experience running teams at junior levels."

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