Highlights of IPL’S Broadcast and Digital Media Rights

Period: 2018-2022

Winner of bid: STAR India

~16,347.5 Cr Cost of bid ~3270 Cr

Approximate earnings from media rights for BCCI (per year).

22.5%

The rise in the IPL television viewership compared to 2016. The tournament has grown with each passing year, so much so that in the 2019-2023 Future Tours Programme there will be a window for IPL.

Timeline of Duleep Trophy flip-flop

JULY

BCCI decides at its technical committee meet in Kolkata that it will continue with its pink-ball experiment in Duleep Trophy.

AUGUST 25

BCCI cancels the Duleep Trophy, usually the season-opener, for the 2017-18 domestic season.

AUGUST 29

Sourav Ganguly, chairman of the technical committee, writes to MV Sridhar, then BCCI general manager, urging a rethink.

AUGUST 30

Committee of Administrators asks BCCI to retain Duleep Trophy in the 2017-18 domestic itinerary.

AUGUST 31

Lucknow’s new Ekana International Cricket Stadium announced a Duleep Trophy venue along with Kanpur’s Green Park.

SEPTEMBER 6

Rajeev Shukla admits packed international and domestic schedule prompted BCCI to initially cancel Duleep Trophy.

SEPTEMBER 7

Duleep Trophy kicks off with India Red taking on India Green

SEPTEMBER 29

India Red win the Duleep Trophy, beating India Blue by163 runs.