IPL 2022 Ends

24 Austin South Asian | February 2022 IPL 2022 To Kick-Off End Of March

NEW DELHI (IANS) - The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 will start in the last week of March and will run till the end of May, with efforts being made to host the cashrich league in India, BCCI secretary Jay Shah said on Jan.22.

As per sources, the board is contemplating starting the league from Mar. 27, almost a week ahead of the planned start of the tournament.

It has been learnt that the early start is mainly to reduce the number of day games in the league, which has been expanded to 10 teams with the number of matches increased from 60 to 74.

Shah also said, “A majority of the team owners expressed their wish that the tournament is held in India.

The BCCI was always keen on staging the 2022 edition that will see two new teams -- Ahmedabad and Lucknow -- in India. I can tell you that we will leave no stone unturned in ensuring that the IPL stays in India,” he said.

“The BCCI has not compromised on the health and safety of its stakeholders in the past and will concurrently work on Plan B since the Covid-19 situation with new variants remains fluid,” he added.

T h e BCCI secretary issued the statement after a virtual meeting with the owners of the IPL. The meeting was attended by all owners, including the Ambanis, N Srinivasan, Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Parth Jindal among others, besides the promoters of the two new teams - Ahmedabad and Lucknow.

During the meeting, the BCCI told the franchise owners that it wants to hold the tournament in Maharashtra.

The meeting also considered the options of UAE and South Africa as venues. UAE was eventually rejected because dew will be a major factor in April and May in the desert kingdom and the results of the matches are largely influenced by the toss with teams batting first having a major disadvantage.

Most owners seem to have preferred Mumbai but some BCCI members were in favor of moving the tournament to South Africa.

Eventually, the Greater Mumbai option with four grounds (including Pune) was zeroed in, with the main advantage being the fact that it would not require air travel.

Along with the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai also has two other grounds that have hosted international matches: the Brabourne Stadium and the DY Patil Stadium.

There is also the Mumbai Cricket Association-run ground in BandraKurla Complex as well as a stadium in Pune, which has also organized the IPL matches in the past.

It was also pointed out that there are sufficient hotels to accommodate the IPL bandwagon.

However, the final decision will be made on Feb. 20 based on the Covid-19 situation in Maharashtra, the BCCI told the owners.

Meanwhile, Jay Shah also confirmed that the mega IPL auction will be held on Feb. 12 and 13 but stopped short of declaring that the venue will be Bangalore. (Courtesy: https://www.indiawest.com/)

India Will Become One Of Top 3 Economies In World: RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani

NEW DELHI – Reliance Industries Ltd. Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani has predicted that India will become one of the top three economies in the world and Reliance will become one of the strongest and most reputed Indian multinational companies in the world.

Speaking at a Reliance Family Day event, Ambani shared imperatives or must-dos that all at Reliance must embrace and make it a way of life.

“We must never become complacent of what we have achieved in the past. Companies that become laid-back because of their previous achievements become footnotes in a history book.”

“I would like the story of Reliance to be told in that book which has no final chapter and one which is continually updated with records of bolder initiatives and more glittering successes and where successive generations create even greater societal value and contribute to India’s growth,” Ambani said.

“This is the only way for today’s and tomorrow’s leaders to earn the right to call themselves the true inheritors of the legacy of Dhirubhai

Ambani,” he added. the common philosophy of ‘WE CARE’ that guides and inspires Reliance,” Ambani said on the second imperative.

“This common purpose creates a

shared identity for every old and new member of Reliance Family. longing and their feeling of pride in working for one of the world’s great companies,” he added.

Ambani added that Covid has taught some important lessons.

“The first lesson is health first. Covid has made all of us more health conscious and fitness conscious. Health is true wealth.

“We have now begun to realize it more acutely than ever before,” he added. The second lesson is safety first, he said. “The pandemic has taught us that the safety of each and every one is inseparably linked to safety of all. In other words, no one is fully safe in this world unless all of us are fully vaccinated with vaccines that work,” Ambani said.

The third lesson, Ambani said, is family first. “At Reliance, our families are the greatest sources of our strength for each and every one of us.” “During the pandemic, work from home has enabled all of us to spend more quality time with our children, spouse and parents.

“In future, technology will offer even more exciting ways of Hybrid and Virtual Work,” Ambani said.

“Which means, we can work more efficiently and also devote more time to our families and friends. We can also invest greater amounts of time for cultivating our interests and for enjoying intimacy with nature.

This will provide us an opportunity to create an even better work-life balance by focusing on things that matter the most,” he added. (Courtesy: https://www.indiawest.com/)