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Why the IPL is growing despite a tough economic climate
The domestic franchise league often generates skyrocketing valuations and multi-crore deals. How does one make sense of the numbers, and what makes IPL such a lucrative proposition? Nikhil Bardia, the head of RISE Worldwide, which has helped stitch over 50 brand deals ahead of IPL 2024, answers
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The mind coach who helped Jacques Kallis and Virat Kohli out of a slump
Paddy Upton has the 2011 cricket World Cup title and the confidence of a number of elite athletes in his bag. Virat Kohli has credited Upton with helping him find perspective through a prolonged bad patch. Hockey India, too, had roped him in to work with the men's team ahead of the Champions Trophy and the Asian Games. In this episode, the acclaimed mental conditioning coach talks about how top sportspersons can deal with failure and why leadership must not be a dictatorship
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Cricket and team sports: The growth strategy for Delhi Capitals co-owners
GMR Sports has a stake in India's burgeoning sports ecosystem with six franchises in its portfolio. PKSV Sagar, CEO, GMR League Games Pvt Ltd, shares the group's expansion plans, how it's fostering indigenous sports and why it's important to not compare other sports leagues with the IPL
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From the World Cup to the WPL: Charlotte Edwards and her Midas touch
One of the most iconic cricketers, Edwards's records as a player and a coach are equally enviable. She's captained England to two World Cup titles and Ashes series, and has also coached multiple T20 franchises around the world to the top spots. The head coach of the Mumbai Indians in the WPL, Edwards led the team to victory in the inaugural edition last year. As the second season is about to commence, Edwards explains why the tournament is a gamechanger for women's cricket
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SA20: Can a Graeme Smith-AB de Villiers partnership turn the tide for South African cricket?
In Year One, SA20, the IPL-style franchise league, cracked the code by turning a profit, while also helping Cricket South Africa narrow its losses. With former captain Graeme Smith as the commissioner and batting legend AB de Villiers as its brand ambassador, the second season is expected to create a deeper impact and register even bigger numbers
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How the 'marathon brothers' turned running into a movement
In 2004, Anil and Vivek B Singh of Procam International started the Mumbai marathon. In 20 years, the participative sport, promoted by them, has caught on like wildfire, spread across cities and raised hundreds of crores for philanthropy
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Girish Mathrubootham and his search for a 'Messi from Madras'
Over a decade ago, Girish Mathrubootham started Freshworks from a 700 sq ft warehouse in Chennai and scaled it up to build a global SaaS company. Recently, he's brought his entrepreneurial itch to a passion project and invested over Rs 100 crore of his personal funds to set up a world-class residential football programme—the FC Madras Football Academy
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Mike Brearley and his art of captaincy
Former England cricketer Mike Brearley, one of the sport's most highly-regarded captains, on the nuances of leadership and why captaincy, while comprising elements of scientific rationality, is often subjective and individual
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From Delhi to Washington: Sanjay Govil's journey to Major League Cricket
Sanjay Govil, founder and executive chairman of Infinite Computer Solutions, is passionate about cricket. So much so that he became the owner of Washington Freedom, a franchise of the newly formed Major League Cricket in the US. Govil was born in Canada but grew up in Delhi and then returned to the US for higher studies. In this episode, Govil talks about his plans to popularise the sport in the US, learnings from the IPL, the various match formats, and applying tech to the sport. He also spoke about why he became an entrepreneur
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Data is the first step to commercialise sport: Megha Gambhir
Gambhir, the co-founder and CEO of Stupa Sports Analytics, uses tech to help players and coaches improve the game through performance analytics. Now she has the ITTF and multiple international federations on her client list
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The Indian tech startup that powers global table tennis
Megha Gambhir left her corporate job and set up Stupa Sports Analytics to help players and coaches improve the game through performance analytics. Now she has the ITTF and multiple international federations on her client list. Here's how she's using data to improve the sport, one shot at a time