The Gujarat Titans are selling out
GT are being bought by new owners, Breetzke scores a debut century, & the ENG players don’t care about losing.
The Gujarat Titans are selling out
GT are being bought by new owners, Breetzke scores a debut century, & the ENG players don’t care about losing.
ESPNcricinfo’s Nagraj Gollapudi reports that the Gujarat Titans, one of the IPL’s newest franchises, is already on the verge of being bought out by a local conglomerate called the Torrent Group. They were unsuccessful bidders in the 2021 IPL expansion as well as the 2023 WPL expansion.
Reliance Industries - who own the Mumbai Indians - are in talks to buy a minority stake in the Oval Invincibles.
New Zealand beat South Africa by 6 wickets to reach the final of their tri-series. ESPNcricinfo’s Danyal Rasool praises Matthew Breetzke for turning his unorthodox ODI debut opportunity into a century.
Ben Duckett said that England don’t mind losing 3-0 in India, if they win the Champions Trophy. The Telegraph’s Will Macpherson asks an entirely reasonable follow up question; if the English players don’t care, why should fans?
Jasprit Bumrah is back in training, and may be in contention for the Champions Trophy.
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South Africa’s negligence got them a star
How the SA20 unwittingly unearthed Bedingham, what England’s Tier-2 Women’s teams are up to, & Kotian is a star late order bat.
Manners on Cricket’s Neil Manthorp recalls how David Bedingham’s Test debut for South Africa came about because of one of Cricket South Africa’s most galling decisions; to send a second string side to New Zealand during the 2024 SA20.
The Cricketer’s Nick Friend reports on the counties that missed out on launching Tier-1 Women’s teams, and what they are doing to improve their facilities to get promoted down the line.
ESPNcricinfo’s Sreshth Shah talks to Tanush Kotian, Mumbai’s emergency all-rounder who’s saved their bacon in the Ranji Trophy multiple times with high scores from the No.9 position.
Indian Express’ Venkata Krishna B profiles Urvil Patel, who’s become the second player ever to score centuries in all three domestic formats in a single season (including two record-breaking hundreds!).
ESPNcricinfo’s S Sudarshanan looks at the WPL players who could make the jump to the Indian team with a good tournament.
1. CVC is a weird company with an even weirder investing history. La Liga showed it. And now, it is also showing in GT that in less than 5 years, a chunk of their franchise is being divested.
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