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The 2025 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has entered the final phase. Four teams – Gujarat Titans, Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Mumbai Indians, shall now play for the coveted trophy. This session of the IPL has some valuable lessons for investors, in my view. In particular, I found the following most interesting. ·          Two out of the top four teams have never won the IPL trophy previously. Mumbai Indians, has won it five times (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020), while Gujarat Titans won it once (2022). Five-time winner Chennai Super Kings (CSK) finished the 2025 season at the bottom of the league table. Three-time winner Kolkata Knight Riders ended at 8 th place. ·          Several of the most successful players of the previous two seasons were either retained or bought at aggressive prices in 2025. Many of these players failed to perform in the current season. Some of...

 The recently concluded tour of Indian cricket team to Australia has been remarkable in many ways. I am sure, the cricket administrators, analysts, strategists and guides in the country would analyse the outcome of tour from the viewpoints of future playing strategies and improvement in fitness regime, and career path for the young promising players who may not get adequate opportunities due to limit of 11 playing members in the national team. On my part, besides thoroughly enjoying two months of engrossing game of cricket, I have drawn some key inputs for investment strategy purpose from this tour. Pujara vs Pant debate is meaningless One of the prominent topics of discussions, before final day of the Brisbane test, was the “slow” batting of Cheteshawar Pujara; though the victory at Gabba ended this debate with tins of praise being heaped on Pujara for his grit and resilience. A loss or draw at Gabba might have seen strong criticism of Pujara. On the other hand, Rishabh Pa...