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No Sahara for Team India

DNMUM235493 | 2/5/2012 | Author : Vijay Tagore | WC :481 | Sports

Sahara Group withdraws sponsorship of Team India and its IPL franchise Pune Warriors over alleged ill-treatment by BCCI

As if the debacles in Australia and England are not enough to give headaches to the country's cricket authorities, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is now faced with bigger trouble. The pullout by Sahara from its Team India sponsorship as well as the Indian Premier League (IPL) is an earthquake of sorts in the cricket world. As a result, Indian cricket is unlikely to be able to flex its financial muscle quite so much in the future.
The immediate fallout of the Sahara decision is that the cash-rich IPL has plunged into a deep abyss. With the 10-team league already reduced to a nine-team competition — following the termination of Kochi Tuskers Kerala — the Sahara withdrawal pushes the league back to its shaky origina... Read full story

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