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When it comes down to ranking the best sport, we have different views & ranks for all the different flavors & the variety of sporting activities we can find in different corners of the world. Cricket seems to find a spot in Top-10 every year because of the ICC World Cups or the T20 extravaganza or maybe the moneyball that happens around via T20 leagues across Australia, India, South Africa, Pakistan, England & many more. If we compare the top-ranked sport in the world, it is necessary to catch-up with the recently hot-topics going around - the MS Dhoni saga & the wicket-keeping standards he has set for the players to fill for the vacant position.  To get to some answers, we will have to go through a story of which I’d like to call the wicket-keeping-batsman era of world cricket because it is not just MS Dhoni, there has been an equal contribution of Kumar Sangakkara and Adam Gilchrist who have changed the perception of being a solid pillar for the batting unit whil...

“The fantasies of league organizers & franchises have flooded Indian Sporting Ecosystem with 15+ leagues since the inception of IPL.” The year of liberalization of the Indian economy 1991, when India became the hub of investments, allowing the global giants to enter the market contributing to the economic growth of our Nation. Sports has been one such industry growing at a rate of 5% per annum globally, which is the fastest according to DataPOWA  (Kansal, 2019) . The global sports market reached a value of nearly $488.5 billion in 2018, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.3% since 2014 (TheBusinessResearchCompany.com, 2019) . Surprisingly Sports in India, is yet to gain its recognition as an Industry or Economic sector because of some meaningful reasons which are, there is very little research being done on the size of the market, market potential and existing opportunities as well as potential future opportunities a...