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Suryavanshi’s batting comes from a child-like wonder

1 week ago | hindustantimes.com | Sharda Ugra

Probably the best thing to happen to Vaibhav Suryavanshi after his headbanging 35 ball century is that duck on Thursday night. Other than dishing out the starter lesson from Cricket 101 – that the lessons ain’t stopping, boyo – everyone can breathe normally again. Social media can resume hyperventilating about MI Rising (Again) and Rajasthan Royals get the space to look over what has been a messy season. But even when this IPL is done, there will be no ignoring Suryavanshi.
League of its own: A volleyball contest in Assam is upturning notions of sport

2 weeks ago | hindustantimes.com | Sharda Ugra

Don’t you just want the IPL to be in the play-offs already? But there’s still a month-ish to go and because everything there is high-value, high-stakes, high-volume, each day is totally vital. Given what Indians now understand of sporting leagues – franchises, auctions, teams, valuations – that’s the logical course. Leagues are about money, profitability, business, media rights. Well, there’s really leagues and leagues.
HT Syndication: League of its own: A volleyball contest in Assam is upturning notions of sport

2 weeks ago | htsyndication.com | Sharda Ugra

India, April 30 -- Don't you just want the IPL to be in the play-offs already? But there's still a month-ish to go and because everything there is high-value, high-stakes, high-volume, each day is totally vital. Given what Indians now understand of sporting leagues - franchises, auctions, teams, valuations - that's the logical course. Leagues are about money, profitability, business, media rights. Well, there's really leagues and leagues.
Yellove: CSK fans and life after Dhoni...

3 weeks ago | hindustantimes.com | Sharda Ugra

Relief would have swept through the CSK camp on Monday night after MS Dhoni marshalled his team to only their second win of the season. Yet they remain at the bottom of the table, have hit the fewest sixes in the competition[1] and are the only team scoring at eight an over. (KKR are second lowest at 9.05). After the win in Lucknow, their management’s tiptoeing around Dhoni will be ignored for a bit with Dhoni’s own brand getting fresh tanks of oxygen.
Yellove: CSK fans and life after Dhoni...

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Sharda Ugra

2 hours agoBollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s wife Gauri Khan owns a restaurant in Mumbai, named Torii. The restaurant recently made the headlines after a YouTuber Sarthak Sachdeva alleged that they use ‘fake paneer’ in their restaurant. Well, as soon as the video went viral, the restaurant quashed the …
Why the IPL is like the Oscars

1 month ago | hindustantimes.com | Sharda Ugra

A four-hour twenty-eight minute podcast on the IPL[1]? On a US tech-business platform? Pass, maybe? Except this is ‘Acquired’ amongst the top three tech podcasts on Apple and Spotify about “stories and strategies” of great companies. Like Visa, Ikea, Costco, Hermes among others. But what could Acquired’s hosts, Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal, former venture-capitalists now full-time podcasters, say about the IPL for that long?
HT Syndication: Why the IPL is like the Oscars

1 month ago | htsyndication.com | Sharda Ugra

India, April 7 -- A four-hour twenty-eight minute podcast on the IPL[1]? On a US tech-business platform? Pass, maybe? Except this is 'Acquired' amongst the top three tech podcasts on Apple and Spotify about "stories and strategies" of great companies. Like Visa, Ikea, Costco, Hermes among others. But what could Acquired's hosts, Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal, former venture-capitalists now full-time podcasters, say about the IPL for that long?
The illusion of a level playing field

1 month ago | hindustantimes.com | Sharda Ugra

Remember the October 2022 announcement that men and women cricketers would receive equal match fees? When BCCI secretary Jay Shah had tweeted “Pay equity was my commitment to our women cricketers and I thank the Apex Council for their support. Jai Hind.” At the time match fees were ₹15 lakh per Test, ₹6 lakh per ODI and ₹3 lakh per T20I. Between October 2022 and now, commitment to women cricketers has got a bit fuzzy.
HT Syndication: The illusion of a level playing field

1 month ago | htsyndication.com | Sharda Ugra

Posted On: 2025-03-28 Posted By: Sharda Ugra Travel Cities Sports Hindustan Times India, March 28 -- Remember the October 2022 announcement that men and women cricketers would receive equal match fees? When BCCI secretary Jay Shah had tweeted "Pay equity was my commitment to our women cricketers and I thank the Apex Council for their support.
Tangible move towards gender parity in sports administration a promising start

1 month ago | hindustantimes.com | Sharda Ugra

The very induction of women into the IOC first took place in 1981, less than fifty years ago. The first woman on the IOC’s Board was American Anita DeFrantz in 1992. Today, only two of the 30 international federations (IFs) under the IOC Summer Olympics umbrella have female presidents. Both are Swedes, Annika Sorenstam for golf and Petra Sӧrling for table tennis.