Private equity hits a sixer


GLOBAL private equity (PE) investors like KKR and Blackstone have a new investment hotspot in India: cricket.

The Indian Premier League (IPL), the world’s richest cricket league, counts Bollywood stars, Indian tycoons and spirits maker Diageo among its backers, but is now attracting major PE firms with the prospect of rapidly rising revenue and profits and massive viewership globally.

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