Heena Sharma Blog

  The BCCI will hold its Annual General Meeting on December 24 to discuss the induction of two new IPL franchises besides the appointment of India's ICC representative and three new national selectors. Also on the agenda is the election of a new vice-president. As per norm, the BCCI has sent a 23-point agenda to all affiliated units 21 days prior to the holding of the AGM. The most significant point is seeking approval for two new teams to make it a 10-team IPL. It is understood that the Adani Group and Sanjeev Goenka's RPG (owners of the Rising Pune Supergiants) are interested in owning new teams with one franchise surely from Ahmedabad. Another important point will be BCCI's representative to the ICC and the Asian Cricket Council. It is expected that secretary Jay Shah will be the BCCI representative in the global committees. Read More

India has recorded 9,304 new cases in the last 24 hours, its biggest single day spike, taking the country’s official to 216,919. Meanwhile, the death toll of the country stands at 6,075 after reporting 260 casualties since yesterday. On a positive note, the recoveries from the disease rose to 104,107 after 3,804 people were treated successfully on Wednesday. Now, let’s have a quick look at coronavirus ’ impact on businesses, and to be precise, to the hard hit aviation sector. In light of the outbreak, the Adani group has expressed its inability to take over three airports it won after aggressive bidding last year, dealing a blow to the government’s privatisation plan. Read More