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  • IPL tendering process to commence 17 July; bidding to be fierce

    MUMBAI: The Mukesh Ambani-owned Mumbai Indians pulled of a wafer thin victory against the Rising Pune Supergiants in the final of the Vivo IPL 2017, possibly giving a super boost to the TV ratings that Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN India) will notch up for its telecast. The final match could also be the last time both SPN India and Hotstar could be telecasting the Vivo IPL as both their contracts with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have ended.

    Come 17 July, and the tendering process will start to bag the IPL telecast and rights – both national, international and streaming over the internet. The auction process was supposed to commence last year but was quashed by the Supreme Court appointed Justice Lodha committee.

    The IPL title sponsorship tender will commence earlier on 31 May 2017. Chinese smart phone maker Vivo’s title sponsorship contract too has ended with the latest edition of the IPL.

    The decision on the two dates was taken by the BCCI, the members of the IPL governing council, and the Supreme Court appointed committee of administration on Saturday 20 May.

    Industry experts expect the price for the five year rights – yes, the cycle of the IPL rights has been reduced to five years by the BCCI to further exploit its potential – to reach stratospheric heights. The expectation is that potential bidders like Star India, SPN India, Amazon India, and new player in the game the Discovery promoted D-Sports could end up writing cheque amounts close to double of what was paid for the previous cycle – on a like to like basis.

    For both Star India and SPN India, bagging the rights is crucial. Star India has targets to achieve $1billion EBIDTA by 2020 and one of the tools to help it get there is of course the spread of Hotstar. Over the last two years, it has launched a clutch of sports channels in its bouquet. SPN India too will want to retain the rights as it has been one of its cash cows over the past three to four years, notching up new records in advertising and viewership every year. It too has launched a clutch of channels and has even partnered with ESPN for a channel in India.

    Clearly, the side which bats and bowls well during the tendering process will win.

  • Lodha asks BCCI top officials to step down; recommends ex-home secy as head

    Lodha asks BCCI top officials to step down; recommends ex-home secy as head

    MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) top officials have been asked to step down by the Lodha Committee.

    The committee has submitted a report to the Supreme Court and recommended that all office-bearers of the BCCI and state cricket boards who don’t fulfil the necessary conditions laid down by the apex court be disqualified, the Times of India reported.

    The panel, in its report to the SC on 18 November, has recommended GK Pillai, who was the home secretary during the previous UPA regime, to supervise the administration of the BCCI as its CEO.

    The Lodha panel has been at loggerheads with the BCCI management led by BJP MP Anurag Thakur. The latest report makes a mention of “continued non-compliance by the office bearers of the BCCI.”

    Recently, the SC dismissed a review petition validating the reforms suggested by the Lodha Commission. The SC had asked the BCCI to implement the reforms. Lodha Committee had sought sweeping changes in the way the board was running cricket at the central as well as state levels.

    The country’s top court had given BCCI between four and six months to implement the recommendations and appointed former chief justice RM Lodha to oversee the transition.

  • Lodha asks BCCI top officials to step down; recommends ex-home secy as head

    Lodha asks BCCI top officials to step down; recommends ex-home secy as head

    MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) top officials have been asked to step down by the Lodha Committee.

    The committee has submitted a report to the Supreme Court and recommended that all office-bearers of the BCCI and state cricket boards who don’t fulfil the necessary conditions laid down by the apex court be disqualified, the Times of India reported.

    The panel, in its report to the SC on 18 November, has recommended GK Pillai, who was the home secretary during the previous UPA regime, to supervise the administration of the BCCI as its CEO.

    The Lodha panel has been at loggerheads with the BCCI management led by BJP MP Anurag Thakur. The latest report makes a mention of “continued non-compliance by the office bearers of the BCCI.”

    Recently, the SC dismissed a review petition validating the reforms suggested by the Lodha Commission. The SC had asked the BCCI to implement the reforms. Lodha Committee had sought sweeping changes in the way the board was running cricket at the central as well as state levels.

    The country’s top court had given BCCI between four and six months to implement the recommendations and appointed former chief justice RM Lodha to oversee the transition.

  • Shashank Manohar quits BCCI

    Shashank Manohar quits BCCI

    MUMBAI: Board of Control for Cricket in India president Shashank Manohar has stepped down from his responsibility, reports read. Manohar had taken over the president ship in October 2015 after the death of Jagmohan Dalmiya.

    It is claimed that the decision has been taken by Manhoar with response to the Lodha Committee recommendations as he is also bidding to win the ICC chairman’s election. According to the norms, no official can hold two posts at the same time in two governing bodies.

    A report also suggests that officials from the BCCI are unhappy about the fact that Manohar had decided to quit as the Indian cricket board president. 

  • Shashank Manohar quits BCCI

    Shashank Manohar quits BCCI

    MUMBAI: Board of Control for Cricket in India president Shashank Manohar has stepped down from his responsibility, reports read. Manohar had taken over the president ship in October 2015 after the death of Jagmohan Dalmiya.

    It is claimed that the decision has been taken by Manhoar with response to the Lodha Committee recommendations as he is also bidding to win the ICC chairman’s election. According to the norms, no official can hold two posts at the same time in two governing bodies.

    A report also suggests that officials from the BCCI are unhappy about the fact that Manohar had decided to quit as the Indian cricket board president. 

  • Madras High Court dismisses CSK’s petition on IPL suspension

    Madras High Court dismisses CSK’s petition on IPL suspension

    MUMBAI: The Madras High Court rejected Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) writ petition challenging the Lodha Committee’s order to suspend its IPL franchise for a period of two years.

     

    CSK has challenged suspension of its IPL franchise by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which the Madras HC dismissed as not being maintainable by the first bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice PS Sivagnanam. 

     

    The PIL filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in the same matter was also been dismissed as the Supreme Court has given liberty only to an “aggrieved party” to challenge the Justice R.M. Lodha committee proceedings.

     

    It may be recalled that CSK along with Rajasthan Royals were barred from playing in the IPL for two years after a three-member panel appointed by the Supreme Court and headed by former Chief Justice of India RM Lodha found top officials from both teams having engaged in illegal betting.

  • Madras High Court dismisses CSK’s petition on IPL suspension

    Madras High Court dismisses CSK’s petition on IPL suspension

    MUMBAI: The Madras High Court rejected Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) writ petition challenging the Lodha Committee’s order to suspend its IPL franchise for a period of two years.

     

    CSK has challenged suspension of its IPL franchise by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which the Madras HC dismissed as not being maintainable by the first bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice PS Sivagnanam. 

     

    The PIL filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in the same matter was also been dismissed as the Supreme Court has given liberty only to an “aggrieved party” to challenge the Justice R.M. Lodha committee proceedings.

     

    It may be recalled that CSK along with Rajasthan Royals were barred from playing in the IPL for two years after a three-member panel appointed by the Supreme Court and headed by former Chief Justice of India RM Lodha found top officials from both teams having engaged in illegal betting.

  • IPL COO Sundar Raman steps down

    IPL COO Sundar Raman steps down

    MUMBAI: Often touted as India’s biggest entertainment for more reason than one, the Indian Premiere League (IPL) had just emerged from its sponsorship crisis for their next leg of the tournament when yet another drama unfolded at its threshold. 

     

    The league’s COO Sundar Raman, whose role was questioned by the Lodha Committee on charges of spot fixing in IPL 2013, has stepped down from his post on Tuesday morning (3 November).

     

    Accepting his resignation, the Board of Cricket Control for India (BCCI) will end their association with Raman by 5 November. It is no secret that the board’s current president Shashank Manohar wasn’t happy with Raman retaining his position, after the spot fixing charges were levied upon him.

     

    “Raman should have gone immediately after the Mudgal Committee report found him prima facie guilty of wrongdoings. He ought to have stepped down immediately at that time. Now, to restore the faith of people in IPL and the game, Raman needs to go,” Manohar had told a leading Indian daily earlier this year.

  • BCCI forms working group to study Lodha Committee verdict on IPL; Rajeev Shukla to head

    BCCI forms working group to study Lodha Committee verdict on IPL; Rajeev Shukla to head

    MUMBAI: The Indian Premiere League (IPL) Governing Council has recognized the urgent need to understand the impact of the Lodha Committee verdict on the IPL and the wider ramifications for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in detail. This, to uphold the paramountcy of the game in the country.

     

    The Governing Council has authorised chairman Rajeev Shukla, to constitute a working group, which will study this verdict in consultation with all the key advisors and explore all the possible measures to be adopted, with an objective to protect the interests of all the stakeholders involved.

      

    This group will work within a time bound period of six weeks and report their recommendations to the IPL Governing Council, which will deliberate and share their views with the working committee of the BCCI, for further action.