Ness Wadia

MUMBAI: Punjab Kings would be "more than interested" if they are offered opportunity to own a team in the proposed Women's IPL next year, franchise co-owner Ness Wadia said on Monday.

The IPL governing council, which met in person for the first time in almost two years here Friday, decided to make "all efforts" to start a six-team annual Twenty20 tournament for women cricketers. 

Nov 23, 2021 19:11
NEW DELHI: Another season, the same request. And likely the same stonewalling from the world's richest cricket board. It is time the BCCI allows Indian Premier League teams to play exhibition games overseas in off-season as it will only strengthen what is already a strong product, Punjab Kings co-owner Ness Wadia has said.
Oct 05, 2021 15:10
NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings co-owner Ness Wadia feels the Rs 20 billion base price for two new IPL franchises set by the BCCI is a conservative number, which should go up by 50 to 100 per cent during bidding. The two new franchises will be announced on October 25, making the IPL a 10-team affair.
Jun 30, 2020 19:06
NEW DELHI: Kings XI Punjab co-owner Ness Wadia on Tuesday called for a gradual end to Chinese sponsorship in the Indian Premier League, amid escalating tensions between the two countries owing to the violent clash in eastern Ladakh earlier this month.
Mar 14, 2020 15:03
MUMBAI: "No human life is worth sacrificing for Indian Premier League (IPL) which should not take place if the situation doesn't improve in two-three weeks," Ness Wadia, co-owner of IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab told PTI, following the BCCI's decision to suspend the T20 tournament till April 15 in the wake of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.
May 02, 2019 13:05
NEW DELHI: When the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) meets here on Friday, it is likely to discuss Kings XI Punjab co-owner Ness Wadia’s suspended jail sentence of two years for illegal possession of drugs in Japan.
Apr 30, 2019 17:04
MUMBAI: Ness Wadia, son of industrialist Nusli Wadia and inheritor of one of Indias wealthiest business families, has been served a suspended two-year sentence for drugs possession while on a skiing holiday to Japan.