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Heavy investment in franchises was the first step; the next is franchise owners demanding more playing windows at the expense of bilateral cricket

Back in 2020, former New Zealand captain Glenn Turner and sportswriter Lynn McConnell co-authored a book positing that in the rush to commercialize cricket, the game has been turned into a product and, further, that it has been burdened by a class of amateur administrators pulling it in a direction increasingly at odds with the needs of the game—particularly the first-class game on which the whole edifice rests. The title of the book: Cricket's Global Warming.
It is apposite, perhaps, that cricket’s global warming received its latest push from the desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
You know the story. Saudi …

The retired banker wants India’s top companies to invest in AI. But the capital, ambition, and urgency simply aren’t there.
The tyre maker is betting big on visibility and fan sentiment, but whether the payoff matches the price remains to be seen.
Reliance’s telecom business has demonstrated impressive growth in Q1. Yet, fundamental slippages are holding back profitability, even as Airtel continues to keep its lead. Expect more headwinds, not a bumper IPO.