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Indian cricket has attracted a wealthy participant.

Saudi Arabia is keen to buy a stake in the Indian Premier League.

But how active a role is it likely to play in the sport?

And how does it fit in with other investments Saudi Arabia has made

in other sports? Stay tuned for this week's Views Room. Welcome back to the Viewsroom, a podcast

from Reuters from Röhrer's Breaking Views, where columnists from around the world talk about the

big stories of the week. I'm your host, Amy Donovan, coming to you from London. Indian cricket

could benefit from the deep pockets of Saudi Arabia.

Middle Eastern country is looking to buy a stake in the Indian Premier League, according to Bloomberg.

But what's in it for Saudi Arabia and what are the challenges it might face muscling into a sport that is akin to religion in India?

Here to talk me through this interesting story is Pranaf Kieran in his debut

on the views room and he is based in Mangalore and our Asia editor, Una Galani. Welcome Branav and

welcome Yuna. Hi Amy. Hi Amy. No, Pranav, if I could start with you, this brings together

two very interesting topics, which is Indian cricket, which is,

you know, insanely popular, and Saudi Arabia, which is a country that is just going around,

splurging money on all sorts of things, whether it's football in the UK, to martial arts,

all sorts of things. So could you talk us through the Indian Premier League, Pranav?

What, why is it so lucrative?

How popular is it?

Why would it be attracting investment?

Yeah.

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