PGTI boss Kapil Dev bats for LIV Golf

True to his earlier avatar, Dev has already made an influence since taking cost final June. On his watch, the prize cash on the tour has elevated by ₹4.5 crore within the first half of 2025 as in comparison with what it was within the corresponding interval final 12 months. Yuvraj Sandhu, whose card of 20-under 260 fetched him the winner’s cheque of ₹15 lakh within the PGTI Payers Championship, thanked “paaji” for rising the prize cash of the season-opener right here to ₹1 crore. “I bear in mind profitable this when the overall prize was ₹30 lakh.”

For the primary time, a event might be in Chattisgarh and Dev referred to that when requested about what the tour can do to assist younger Indian gamers. “We try to present them extra alternatives,” he stated. From 9 final 12 months, PGTI has elevated the variety of tournaments to 11 within the first half of its calendar this time.

It was in the identical vein that Dev stated he checked out LIV Golf. “Cricket benefited from IPL. Look how assured younger Indian cricketers are actually. So, the extra tournaments, the higher for gamers.”

However within the month LIV Golf’s Worldwide Collection made a profitable debut in India with US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau, Dev stated he wouldn’t touch upon whether or not PGTI would search a collaboration with the breakaway tour.

In a day nobody at Tolly let him overlook his previous, Dev stated although enjoying cricket for “10 months” is contributing gamers breaking down, there was no level in speaking about Bumrah not having the ability to recuperate in time for the Champions Trophy. “Why speak about somebody who just isn’t there. This isn’t a person sport. If we play properly as a crew, we will certainly win.”