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Indo-Aussie series: ODIs get 2.12 TVR
MUMBAI: The ongoing ODI Tri series between India, Australia and Sri Lanka has delivered a TVR of 2.12 for the first three matches.
There is a huge gap in the ratings, though, when India is
playing. The highest rated match was for the first contest between India and Australia, which got a TVR of 2.94. The fact that India is playing in a competitive manner bodes well for the ratings, going forward.
However, the Australia versus Sri Lanka match did not even touch a TVR of 1.
In comparison to the ODIs, the ratings for the India-Australia Test matches were poor. The four Test, where India fared poorly, got a TVR of 0.74. In the earlier 2007-08 series down under where India fared well, the average ratings stood at TVR of 1.45. Not surprisingly this time the fourth test fared the worst with a TVR of 0.49 as India had lost the series by then.
MUMBAI: In India’s fast-moving payments race, Visa has just swiped in a new leader. The company has named Suresh Sethi as its India country head, marking a key leadership shift as it sharpens its focus on digital payments growth in the market. Sethi steps into the role following his recent exit from Protean eGov Technologies, where he served as chief executive officer. He succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who has moved on after more than four years at Visa to pursue an external opportunity.
The appointment comes at a time when Visa is doubling down on its expansion strategy across India and the wider region, deepening partnerships and accelerating adoption in an increasingly competitive digital payments ecosystem.
Sethi brings with him a broad, cross-market perspective shaped by decades of experience across corporate banking, retail financial services, mobile money and large-scale government technology initiatives. He began his career at Citigroup, where he spent 14 years working across India, Africa, South America and the United States, focusing on transaction banking services within the corporate bank.
His appointment signals a blend of institutional experience and market familiarity qualities that could prove critical as Visa navigates a landscape where fintech innovation, regulatory evolution and consumer adoption are all accelerating at once.
As digital payments in India continue to scale rapidly, the leadership change underscores a simple reality, in a market where every tap, scan and swipe counts, who leads the charge can matter just as much as the technology itself.
