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Branding googlies for late entrants

IPL franchises Gujarat Lions and Rising Pune Supergiants have to draw management lessons from late entrants in competitive markets to win over fans and sponsors

Pune picks Vizag as home pitch, Mumbai to decide on Sunday

Bengaluru to host final on May 29 instead of Mumbai

Sixers and fixers

A brilliant analysis of the Indian Premier League explains why it alternates between thrill and scandal

Bengaluru to host IPL final; Pune picks Vizag as 'home base'

Mumbai Indians have sought two days' time to choose their new base

Shift all IPL matches out of Maharashtra after Apr 30, Bombay HC tells BCCI

Bombay High Court orders all IPL matches after April 30 be shifted elsewhere in view of drought in the state

Start-ups milk the IPL cash cow again

Housing, Freecharge and Makemytrip play the field, but they are outliers as many e-commerce companies cut back on ad spends this season

Franchises settle violation of royalty rights

At least five of the eight franchises for the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament have agreed to pay the necessary licence fee to use songs and performances at the stadiums during matches, after the high court (HC) here had observed there was a violation of royalty rights.The franchises settled the matter on Saturday with the Indian Singers' Rights Association (Isra). The latter represents 282 artistes, including Lata Mangeshkar, Sonu Nigam, Arijit Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan and Kailash Kher.The franchises will now have to pay nearly Rs 1 lakh each for every match they play during the IPL 2016 edition. Isra expects to get Rs 1.2 crore from the eight franchises, if the other three teams follow suit, this year.The five which have bought the licences from Isra are Kolkata KnightRiders, Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Daredevils. Yet to settle with the artistes' body are Rising Pune Supergiants, Gujarat Lions and Kings XI Punjab."After the

Maharashtra stands to lose Rs 100 crore if IPL is shifted: BCCI secretary

The remark came a day after Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said he is fine with the IPL moving out of drought-affected Maharashtra

Won't provide potable water, no problem if IPL is shifted: Fadnavis

Fadnavis stressed his govt wouldn't allow IPL organisers to host the matches unless state gets full assurance of using non-potable water

Leave IPL alone; water-guzzling sugarcane is the real culprit

Of 650 billion cubic metres of water available for irrigation nationwide, 15%, or 100 BCM of water, is used by sugarcane , which is planted on no more than 2.5% of India's farmland

High Court allows IPL opener at Wankhede

Bench orders Maharashtra govt to reply by April 12 on how the cricket ground gets gallons of water

HC allows inaugural IPL match on Saturday

Decision on remaining 19 matches scheduled in Maharashtra has been kept pending

HC questions IPL matches in Maharashtra, hearing today

Suggests shifting of IPL matches to other states

To save water, Bombay HC suggests moving IPL out of Maharashtra

The court raps BCCI, says govt's must impose restraint after a PIL challenged use of 60 lakh litres to maintain pitches

Shift IPL matches out of Maharashtra due to drought: BJP

Mumbai BJP Secretary Vivekananda Gupta states that a standard cricket field requires a minimum of 80,000 to 1,00,000 litres of water per application

IPL 2016: Zaheer Khan to lead Delhi Daredevils

The ninth edition of the IPL will be held from April 9 to May 29

IPL team owners on a rough pitch

The valuation game, which brought in many investors, was going awry as revenues were not very visible

IPL brought more troubles than cheer to India Inc

Owning a piece of the glamorous sporting event has gone hand-in-hand with financial or other problems for many team owners

IPL ad revenue to touch Rs 1,100 crore in 2016

With 2 channels broadcasting the HD feed and 3 the standard definition one, Sony has raised rates and yet sold most of its inventory before the tournament begins