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The Indian Premier League 2024 registered a record 510 million viewers for the first 51 matches of the tournament, broadcaster Disney Star announced, extrapolating data provided by the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC). 

This marks a 5% increase compared to the previous high recorded in 2019 for the same number of matches, the network declared. Additionally, the broadcaster asserted it has experienced an 18% increase from the previous edition in terms of total watch time, with viewers spending 356,000 million minutes.

Jan 09, 2018 13:01
HYDERABAD: Building materials maker HIL Ltd (formerly Hyderabad Industries Ltd) is all set to make its Indian Premier League (IPL) debut as a sponsor of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) from the forthcoming season of the cash-rich league.
Jan 08, 2018 14:01
MUMBAI: If India holds general elections next year between April and May, as per schedule, then there would perforce have to be a major reworking of when (and even where) the BCCI stages next year's Indian Premier League.    It also bears noting that India will be hosting the ICC World Cup in 2019, from May 30, which would also have to be factored in while drawing up the IPL schedule. 
Jan 05, 2018 09:01
MUMBAI: In the IPL player retention event for 2018 season here Thursday, Royal Challengers Bangalore made Virat Kohli their unanimous choice for yet another season by paying the maximum amount in the league's history. Kohli’s Rs 170 million surpasses the Rs 160 million Yuvraj Singh picked up with the Delhi Daredevils in 2015.
Jan 04, 2018 19:01
MUMBAI: Suresh Raina and Ravidra Jadeja were the two players retained by Chennai Super Kings along with star player M S Dhoni, as the team marked its return to the Indian Premier League (IPL) fold at the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) player retention event here on Thursday evening.
Jan 04, 2018 11:01
MUMBAI: BCCI's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) chief Neeraj Kumar will be given an extension, the Committee of Administrators (CoA) head Vinod Rai said on Wednesday. "...it will happen, an order will be issued in due course," PTI quotes Rai as having said.
Jan 02, 2018 11:01
LONDON: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has cleared all-rounder Ben Stokes to take part in the Indian Premier League even though he remains banished from international duties in the wake of his involvement in a pub brawl. 
Jan 02, 2018 11:01
BENGULURU: Cricket stalwarts are set to bolster the coaching team of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), as preparations begin for the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League. 
Dec 30, 2017 11:12
MUMBAI: Star India’s OTT platform Hotstar is India’s top video streaming service by a long mile with 75 million subscribers, according to a study by Counterpoint Research. 
Dec 20, 2017 10:12
MUMBAI: Star India, which won IPL's global media rights in September, will leverage the fact that it holds both the television and digital rights to world cricket's biggest annual property by doing away with the five-minute delay that existed earlier between the television and the live streaming feeds.
Dec 20, 2017 10:12
MUMBAI: The mega auctions of the Indian Premier League's 11th edition will be held in Bengaluru on January 27 and 28.