Quoted: A new cricket league is trying to spin off India’s colonial inheritance into a money-making symbol of a brash, emerging nation.

I hope they will offer some of the realtime experiences (e.g. GameDay) that you can get for baseball through mlb.com

Quoted: Here’s a deal straight out of Rupert Murdoch’s playbook circa 1994. Just like Murdoch established Fox back then by paying an exorbitant-seeming sum ($1.6 billion at the time) for the rights to broadcast the NFL, Live Current Media is paying $50 million over ten years for the exclusive online rights to official content from the Indian Premier League (a new cricket league in India with a shorter, more fan-friendly version of the game—first match is tomorrow).

Quoted: Indian newspapers hail the country's cricket team's one-day series victory over Australia.

Quoted: Millions watched their national team beat Pakistan to win the inaugural Twenty20 world tournament in September. Yet it is not clear that a domestic Twenty20 competition will excite the same passions. That will not especially trouble the BCCI. Even after dishing out some broadcasting revenue, it will have earned itself over $1 billion for doing remarkably little. What will it do with the money?

This is apparently a big deal. My Indian friends' have updated their Facebook and MSN Messenger statuses saying how excited they are:)

Quoted: India beat Pakistan in the World Twenty20 final by five runs to clinch their first major trophy since 1983.