Ishan Kishan is a terrific cricketer who has just essayed an amazing international comeback.
He has also made almost a 100 crores just from IPL fees, not counting international duty and endorsements. This cheque is not a 100th of what he has already made and he's not the greedy sort.
So one can only assume this was literally a payout for a photo-op with him to ensure that the others in the picture got into the papers and all over social media.
Obviously, why spend one crore of government money on creating facilities or training centres or bankrolling poor athletes when you can instead use it to create a photo op by paying the one of the few athletes from your state who really does not need the money!
And that's why sport in India is where it is.
SANJU SAMSON ON LOSING THE WORLD CUP SPOT TO ISHAN KISHAN. [CSK]
"He had a great Mushtaq Ali Trophy, he won the championship for Jharkhand and he has also had a great story - We only look at ourselves, right? I think I have worked day in and day out but lately I felt like Ishan had also done the same. After what happened to him for the last two years - he was out of the system - he worked so hard in domestic cricket and worked his way back. He had started scoring runs and I can admit it on camera that I could feel he was coming for my spot - In Trivandrum, when he scored that hundred, I was like, 'Sanju, now you just give it to him, boss. He deserves it more than you do. You got your chances, you didn’t score runs but there is someone who is in tremendous form' - He came out of the Mushtaq Ali Trophy, did everything right to reach there and then scored a century just before the World Cup started. So now I think, 'Sanju, you just leave it'".
I love Sanju. No matter what the match situation - it could be 80 required off 60 on a tough track or 80 required off 40, you always breathe easy when he is at the crease. Calm, cool, collected, skillful.
3⃣2⃣1⃣ runs 👌
8⃣0⃣.2⃣5⃣ average 🫡
3⃣ fifties 🙌
Congratulations to @IamSanjuSamson on being named the ICC Men's Player of the Month for March 🏅 following his staggering show in #TeamIndia’s triumphant ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 campaign 👏👏
Nah, he'd be the last player to do that. Samson could've chosen the safe route and he'd have played a 100 games easy for India in T20Is. He was adamant about the way he should bat in this format all along and stuck by it even in the lowest of lows.
So much to like about that CSK victory. Wonderful to see that Kerala’s favorite son, Sanju Samson has finally arrived for CSK (metaphorically speaking). Overton superb. Mathre, Kamboj chipping in. Will keep an eye on Gurjapneet Singh. He seems to have something!
आम्ही पाहिलेल्या स्वप्नाची पहिली झलक तुमच्यासमोर ठेवताना मला अभिमान वाटतो आहे. आपला राजा, आपला अभिमान.
आई जगदंबेचं स्मरण करून मोहिमेचा पहिला भंडारा उधळत आहे.
हर हर महादेव.
https://t.co/wH2UMUk7Z7
And @RCBTweets has finalised a sale with a valuation of 1.78 billion USD to a consortium that includes the Birlas, Times of India, Blitzer and Blackstone.
It isn't too far above what @rajasthanroyals got but then this is a peculiar ecosystem where the income and expenses of a franchise are almost identical. So, in the space of a few hours, the #IPL has seen deals worth 3.4 billion USD.
The #IPL is among the big leagues of the world and the Indian cricket fan is among the most important entities in world sport