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THE SUMS are mind-boggling for any sport, let alone cricket. The eight Indian Premier League 'franchises' cost between $67million and $111m, with star players receiving between $100,000 and $1.5m for 44 days' work. The owners will get their money back, maybe even make a profit, from a 10- year $1billion television deal, along with gate revenue, sponsorship and merchandising.
And it appears to have captured the imagination of the Indian public, the more so after Brendon McCullum's world record of 158 not out in the opening game. Would-be ticket buyers for that match in Bangalore between the Royal Challengers named after a brand of whisky and the Calcutta Knight Riders even stormed the box office when it closed temporarily. All this on top of the staggering $100m prize proposed for the winners of a five-match West Indies v England Twenty20 series in Antigua in November put up by benefactor Allen Stanford.See the full content of this document
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