Hindustan Times ST (Mumbai) - HT Navi Mumbai Live
Sky Sports, Supersport take interest in IPL rights
Team
GT
LSG
RR
RCB
DC
SRH
PBKS
KKR
CSK
MI
Pld
10
10
10
11
10
10
10
10
10
9
Won
8
7
6
6
5
5
5
4
3
1
Lost
2
3
4
5
5
5
5
6
7
8
Net RR
0.158
0.397
0.340
-0.444
0.641
0.325
-0.229
0.060
-0.431
-0.836
first over. Warner played smart shots and stitched useful partnerships to help DC post a mammoth total.
First up was a 21-ball 37-run stand with Mitchell Marsh (10, 7b) for the second wicket. Then a 48-run stand off 29 balls with skipper Rishabh Pant (26, 16b) for the third wicket. Pant struggled in the beginning before accumulating 22 of those runs off the first four balls bowled by Shreyas Gopal but he chopped a full toss from the leggie on to his stumps.
That over encapsulated the struggled of Pant in this edition where he is being dismissed after getting starts.
Pts
16
14
12
12
10
10
10
8
6
2
MOST RUNS
Then came Warner’s big partnership with West Indian Powell who took over the big hitting duties from the Australian. Of the 67 runs he scored 48 came through boundaries— three fours and six sixes. After struggling in the beginning of the campaign, Powell is getting used to the conditions and the runs are flowing. The highlight of his rollicking knock were two huge sixes over long-off—one off Gopal and the other off Sean Abbott.
Brief scores: DC 207/3 (D Warner 92*, R Powell 67*) beat SRH 186/8 (N Pooran 62, A Markram 42; K Ahmed 3/30, S Thakur 2/44) by 21 runs.
Press Trust of India
NEW DELHI: The IPL media rights for the next five-year cycle, which might fetch the BCCI over ₹50,000 crore, has also attracted interest from international broadcasters such as Sky Sports UK and South Africa’s Supersport, who have reportedly picked up bid documents. Some of the known names that have already picked up the ITT (invitation to tender) are Viacom-18, Zee Entertainment (allowed after withdrawing cases against BCCI), Sony, Dream11, Star (current rights holder), making it an intense battle.
While picking up ITT document doesn’t necessarily mean that the broadcasting giants will put in a final bid, but with the BCCI segregating media rights into four distinct packages with no composite bids allowed like last time, Sky and Supersport could bid for the ‘Rest of the World’ TV rights.
The four categories this time for the rights are: TV Rights for Indian subcontinent, Digital Rights, 18 games (inaugural game, weekend double headers, 4 playoff games) and Rest of the World.
The base price is marked at ₹32,890 crore and that’s why the digital consumption and smart segregation of packages will certainly take the valuation to above $7 billion, despite a noticeable viewer fatigue due to falling TRP numbers.
Unlike last time when Star’s composite bid of ₹16,347 crore won them the rights, this time the highest bidder in each individual category will be awarded the rights. The last date for buying the bid document is May 10 and the e-auction, if it happens, will take place after IPL.
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