New Delhi, July 19 (UNI) The Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises have bought all six teams in Cricket South Africa’s upcoming new T20 league, the inaugural edition of which is scheduled for January 2023. It has been learned that Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Lucknow Super Giants, Sun- risers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals and one of the owners of Delhi Capitals have successfully bid for the franchises during the team’s auction.
According to the ESPNcricinfo report, CSK, through parent company Chennai Super Kings Sports Limited, made the highest bid to buy the Johannesburg franchise. Mumbai Indians, owned by Reliance Industries, bought the Cape Town franchise, while the Sun TV Group, which owns Sunrisers, bought the Port Elizabeth franchise. The RP Sanjeev Goenka group, which paid a record sum of Rs7090 crore to buy the Lucknow IPL franchise late last year, picked up the Durban team, while Rajasthan Royals bought the Paarl team. Pretoria has been taken by Jindal South West Sports, which is headed by Parth Jindal, co-owner of the Delhi Capitals in IPL.
