In Conversation: Jay Shah, Secretary, BCCI
Secretary Shah has put BCCI in the league of the world’s top sports bodies. Now set to take charge as chair of ICC, Shah discusses with Fortune India how he did it and the plans to globalise cricket.
Secretary Shah has put BCCI in the league of the world’s top sports bodies. Now set to take charge as chair of ICC, Shah discusses with Fortune India how he did it and the plans to globalise cricket.
Jay Shah’s focus on basics has catapulted BCCI to the pinnacle of cricket with a lion’s share in ICC revenues, and IPL raking in the moolah.
How the 36-year-old Shah led BCCI to the pinnacle of world cricket with focus on the basics and some ingenious strategies.
BCCI annual report 2022-23 shows IPL 2023 revenue grew to ₹11,610 cr, driven by media rights, franchise consideration and sponsorships
BCCI filed an appeal with the tribunal after Byju’s allegedly defaulted on a payment of ₹158 crore under their sponsorship contract for the Indian cricket team.
Star India had paid over ₹16,000 crore for the IPL rights in 2017 but was nowhere close to profitability.
This feat makes the Indian board richer by ₹5,963 crore and gives Viacom18 the right for 88 matches.
With this, the bidding has broken the records of the inaugural men’s IPL in 2008.
Lalit Modi, who conceptualised the world's richest sports league IPL, took social media by storm last week when he announced he and Bollywood actor Sushmita Sen are in a relationship
Viacom18 has acquired the non-exclusive rights to digitally stream 18 matches in every season of IPL from 2023 to 2027.