Sunday, October 11
As Mumbai Indians gear up to face Punjab Kings in Qualifier 2 of IPL 2025 on Sunday, star batter Suryakumar Yadav stands on the brink of achieving a unique IPL milestone that has stood untouched since 2016. The match, set to take place at the Narendra Modi Stadium, will decide who joins Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the final. But alongside the team battle, all eyes will be on Suryakumar, who is just 15 runs away from surpassing AB de Villiers' record for the most runs by a non-opener in a single IPL season. Suryakumar has scored 673 runs in 15 innings so far, averaging 67.30 with a strike rate of 167.83. His tally includes five half-centuries, with a best of 73*. In comparison, AB de Villiers had scored the same number of runs in 16 innings for RCB in 2016, including a century and six fi
Let's start with your personal storyI hail from a small town of Bhusawal, which is one of the biggest & busiest railway junctions and also has the second biggest railway yard in Asia. My father also used to work for railways and mother is a housewife. Being the youngest of four siblings, I grew up in a sort of relaxed & supported environment. Though I did well in studies with scholarships, rank in Board etc. there were never any specific expectations or pressure on me like today’s time. After 10th std, in 1995, I shifted to Mumbai to pursue commerce education with a goal to become Chartered Accountant. It was quite a different decision in those days, particularly in a typical Maharashtrian family. Almost all students used to opt for science with engineering or medical degrees in
Typically, when primary markets are buzzing with palpable action, it is often a reflection of surging business confidence and economic momentum. When companies raise large sums of money through IPOs and QIPs (Qualified Institutional Placements), that new capital often flows into productive uses—new projects, capacity expansion, technology upgrades, and other capital investments. Given the well-known multiplier effect of such investments, this can set off a virtuous cycle of economic growth. That is how usually the rub-off effect plays out for the economy from the robust primary flows. Is that the case now too?FY25 saw a remarkable surge in capital raising, with over ₹3.14 trillion mobilized through IPOs and QIPs—a level rarely seen before. In fact, it's hard to recall any prior insta
