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Latest news : Chinese handset maker Vivo has successfully retained the title sponsorship to the cash-rich twenty-20 tournament, the Indian Premier League (IPL). The company will pay the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) a total of Rs 2,199 crore over the next five years. The next closest bid was made by Oppo at Rs 1,432 crore for five years. Currently, Oppo holds the Team India sponsorship rights and, interestingly, both Vivo and Oppo are part of the same parent group. The base price for bidding was Rs 600 crore for five years, or Rs 120 crore per year. The new title sponsorship rate is a huge mark-up over what Vivo was paying the BCCI since 2016. The Chinese handset maker came in as the title sponsor in 2016 after global beverage giant Pepsi pulled out of its five-year deal with the BCCI citing the match fixing and betting scam the governing body of cricket and the annual T-20 tournament found themselves embroiled in. While Pepsi was to pay the BCCI Rs 396 crore ...

Royal Challengers Bangalore  (RCB) have received a major boost as their skipper Virat Kohli has been declared fit and will make a return in the side's next Indian Premier League (IPL) clash against Mumbai Indians to be held in Bengaluru on Friday. The 28-year-old was forced to miss the initial matches of the tournament due to a right shoulder injury which he sustained while putting in a dive on the first day of the drawn third Test against Australia in Ranchi. However, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Medical Team now confirmed that Indian Cricket Team and RCB captain Kohli has regained match fitness. ALSO READ :  IPL is the best tournament to challenge yourself, says Gujarat Lions' Andrew Tye "The Indian Captain had undergone rehabilitation after sustaining an injury to his right shoulder and has now recovered to be able to participate in VIVO IPL 2017," the BCCI said. RCB will be waiting with baited breath for Kohli's return as they...

Sanju Samson smashed the season's first century and powered Delhi Daredevils to a formidable 205 for four against Rising Pune Supergiant in the Indian Premier League here tonight. Samson got to his maiden IPL century with a straight six off Adam Zampa in the innings' penultimate over. Chris Morris blazed his way to 38 off a mere nine balls, helping Delhi amass 45 runs in the last two overs of the innings. During his 63-ball knock, Samson struck eight boundaries and five sixes, while Morris found the fence four times and cleared it thrice during his cameo. Delhi lost Aditya Tare early, but Samson took the Pune attack by the scruff of its neck and as soon dealing in boundaries. Samson was severe on Deepak Chahar, playing the bowler through the point region for two back-to-back boundaries, which got Daredevils off the blocks after an economical first over. In the next over, Samson launched into Ashok Dinda for three boundaries, his off-side play standing out at the...

IPL team Gujarat Lions has created a digital platform for fans to interact with each other and the team Through its partnership with  sports  engagement platform Rooter, Indian Premier League (IPL) team Gujarat Lions has created a digital platform for fans to interact with each other and the team. Gujarat Lions’ fans, while using the Rooter app, will get access to customised homepages, chat forums, and profile pages. In preparation for this innovation, Rooter’s homepage underwent a revamp making alterations and improvements in user interface. “In the simplest of terms, we have created a Gujarat Lions zone within the Rooter app; almost similar to a sub-app, completely customised for the Lions fan with match updates and discussion forums,” says Piyush Kumar, chief executive and founder, Rooter. While there are many social media platforms for fans to engage with the content and each other, Rooter provides a different take on the engagement by ‘gamifying’ the platf...

Defending champions Sunrisers  Hyderabad  rode on a solid top order contribution and some disciplined bowling to defeat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 35 runs in the opening match of the 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Wednesday. Asked to bat first by the visitors, Hyderabad posted a commanding 207/4 in their allotted 20 overs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. In reply, RCB were bowled out for 172 runs in 19.4 overs. RCB  started their chase in explosive fashion as Chris Gayle and Mandeep Singh scored around 10 runs an over in the first five overs. The visitors suffered their first blow when a Rashid Khan delivery found an inside edge off Mandeep's bat before hitting the stumps. They suffered a bigger blow in the next over when Gayle slightly mistimed a shot off Deepak Hooda only to offer a skier to David Warner at long-off. Kedar Jadhav and Travis Head gave RCB a glimmer of hope with a 56-run stand off 31 balls but Ben Cutting prod...