Two new teams have been added to the IPL of the world’s most famous T20 cricket league (Indian Premier League). So far in this tournament, there have been matches between 8 teams. After the addition of two new teams, 10 teams will play in the league starting next year. So far in this tournament, there have been matches between 8 teams. Two new IPL teams, Lucknow and Ahmedabad, were announced on Monday.
According to BCCI sources, RPSG Group, owned by Sanjeev Goenka, has claimed the Lucknow franchise in a bid of more than Rs 7 billion. At the same time, CVC Capital Partner has the Ahmedabad franchise. A BCCI source said private equity firm CVC Capital has bought another IPL franchise with a bid of more than Rs 5,000 crore.
Goenka has been the owner of the Pune Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) franchise for two years and is also the owner of the ISL (Indian Super League) ATK Mohun Bagan franchise.
Ahmedabad and Lucknow will be the two new teams in the Indian Premier League (IPL). CVC Capital Partners gets Ahmedabad while RPSG Group gets Lucknow. pic.twitter.com/0zmQS7nQEb
– ANI (@ANI) October 25, 2021
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