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we win the competition for the Samp and two half-centuries while also tak-
Army,” the Caribbean said. ing six wickets.
The upcoming T20 World Cup Trade has been carried out as per
will be hosted jointly by the West In- the existing player fee.
dies and the US. However, the Inter-
national Cricket Council (ICC), the “IPL is the best Make in India
game’s global governing body, still brand”: Arun Dhumal
hasn’t come out with an itinerary for
the tournament. he Indian Premier League
(IPL) chairman Arun Dhumal
“They need to go after Rachin Thailed the league as the best

Ravindra”: Pathan ‘Make in India’ brand post-indepen-
dence. Arun Dhumal was speaking
head of the Indian Premier during the RCB Innovation Lab’s
League (IPL) 2024 auction, Leaders Meet India in Bengaluru
Aformer Indian pacer Irfan held this week.
Pathan advised Sunrisers Hyderabad While talking about the fan in-
(SRH) and urged the franchise to get sights and engagement of IPL and its
Rachin Ravindra to add strength to franchises, Dhumal said, “We work
their side. as a team with all franchises, we are
While speaking to Star Sports, all partners. We have seen at the re-
Pathan said that the Hyder- cently held World Cup games, that
abad-based franchise needs a proper they (fans) were there for Team In-
spinner who can take wickets. dia, but at the same time, they were
He added that they have Mayank rooting for RCB also, which is a
Markande, but SRH needs more great thing and we are very proud of
than that and someone who is a reg- that. Personally, I feel IPL is the best
ular wicket-taker. Make in India brand we can think of
post-independence.”
The media rights for the IPL
The former cricketer said that have grown from Rs 6,000 crores to
they need all-rounders who INR 48,000 crores and the league is
can support both batting and only second to the National Football
League (NFL) across all sporting
bowling. He concluded by say- leagues in the world.
Dhumal believes the widespread
ing that 2023 World Cup star popularity and success of the league
Ravindra can help them with Cameron Green loses his bat going for a big hit (ANI) will act as a catalyst in its evolution
the opening batting order role over the next 10 years, as per a press
release from Royal Challengers Ban-
as well. Heinrich Klaasen, Marco Jansen, bowling attack. galore (RCB).
and others. On the other hand, they The 52-year-old added that one “If I have to see how it has gone
“Ideally, they would like to have released players like Adil Rashid, franchise needs to have outstanding over the last 15 years and if I have
a proper spinner who is a wicket-tak- Akeal Hosein, Harry Brook, and bowlers on their side to defend totals to go by estimates going forward,
er. They had Adil Rashid; they don’t others. and set games up. we are expecting media rights to go
have his services now. Obviously, The IPL 2024 auction will take He concluded by saying that somewhere close to USD 50 billion
they have Mayank Markande but place on December 19 in Dubai. 1166 Green could have been suitable at by around 2043. Going forward, we
they need a bit more than that. If they players have registered themselves some other club. need to keep innovating, keep do-
have two all-rounders going really for the auction, including some big “Is he worth it? RCB, I am ing better in terms of fan engage-
well as far as batting is concerned, names like Rachin Ravindra, Travis looking at their line-up. I think this ment, and keep making it better in
Washington Sundar and Marco Jan- Head and others. is a poor choice. Nothing against terms of the quality of games. Now
sen, they can actually play with the Green’s talent. He was good for the that cricket is becoming part of the
playing XI. A backup opener is very, “A poor choice”: Hogg on Mumbai Indians last year. But if you Olympics and with the Women’s
very crucial for them and that is why Green’s move to RCB look at RCB’s list, they spend big Premier League taking it to a differ-
they need to go after Rachin Ravin- on their batting line-up. They don’t ent level for women’s cricket, I see
dra big time,” Pathan said. ollowing Cameron Green’s have enough cash there to spend on a lot of hope and light at the end
The Kiwi youngster was the move to Royal Challengers enough quality bowlers. If you want of the tunnel. Because of the way it
fourth-highest run scorer in the ODI FBengaluru (RCB) from Mum- to win the IPL, you need quality has been happening for the last 15
World Cup 2023; he scored 578 runs bai Indians (MI) for the upcoming bowlers to defend totals and set the years, it is only going to get better,”
with a strike rate of 106.44 after play- Indian Premier League (IPL) sea- games up. I think this is a poor choice he said.
ing 10 matches. Meanwhile, Ravin- son, former Australian spinner Brad from RCB and Green could have RCB Innovation Lab’s Leaders
dra also picked up five wickets in Hogg said that it was a poor choice been suitable at some other club,” Meet India brought together the big-
nine innings and proved himself to from RCB. Green, who was bought by MI gest game changers from across the
be an effective wicket-taker as well. Hogg took to his official Insta- for a whopping Rs 17.5 crore at the sporting world, offering a truly global
Ahead of the upcoming season, gram account and explained that the auction last December, featured in perspective on the present and fu-
the Sunrisers retained several play- Bengaluru-based franchise already 16 matches. The Australian had an ture of the sports industry and how
ers, including Aiden Markram, Bhu- have a quality batting line-up, and impressive start to the IPL, scoring India can become a powerhouse in
vneshwar Kumar, Glenn Phillips, needed to spend money on their 452 runs, hitting an unbeaten century the business of sports.

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