US-Indian joint venture Viacom18 has been awarded the right to broadcast all Indian international cricket matches at home through to 2029 in a $721-million (R13.6-billion) deal, beating rival bidders Disney and Sony. (more…)
India’s cricket board earned a surplus of around $1.5-billion (R28.5-billion) in the five years to 2021-22, the country’s parliament heard during a rare look into the sporting body’s finances. (more…)
Cricket South Africa is set to get just 4.37% of the ICC’s $600-million annual earnings in the proposed model for the 2024-27 cycle. (more…)
India’s women cricketers will in future be paid the same match fee as men in a move to counter discrimination.
Sourav Ganguly is set to be replaced as BCCI president after refusing to join the ruling political party. (more…)
The Indian Premier League organisers will forever be remembered for putting profits ahead of people, while the players who stayed and played while thousands died and hundreds of thousands were infected daily will be judged by history, writes RYAN VREDE. (more…)
India cricket chief Sourav Ganguly has defended the attempt to hold the Indian Premier League during the country’s coronavirus emergency, insisting it was not a mistake.
As the humanitarian crisis in India deepens, so does the desperation of the organisers and franchise owners to plaster over their moral bankruptcy. This while the spineless ICC says nothing, writes RYAN VREDE. (more…)
India secured a convincing 317-run victory over England in Chennai on Tuesday to level the four-match Test series at 1-1.
It’s too late to legislate the disbandment of the ‘Big Three’ comprising India, Australia and England. They’ve stolen cricket. The game’s last hope is that the people who care make their voices heard and their presence felt, writes SA Cricket magazine editor RYAN VREDE. (more…)