SRK Baught A News Team
After Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL and Trinbago Knight Riders in CPL, Shah Rukh Khan has bought another team this time. He has bought a team in the upcoming Emirates T20 League in the United Arab Emirates. It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post.
It is learned that five teams have already been confirmed for the six-team tournament. Apart from Shah Rukh Khan, the team has bought two more IPL franchises there. They are Mukesh Ambani's Mumbai Indians and Kiran Kumar Grandhi's Delhi Capitals. Although Kiran personally bought the team there. Perth Jindal, another partner in the Delhi franchise, did not buy the team there.
Capri Global and Big Bash franchise Sydney Sixers have also bought the team. English Premier League football club Manchester United has expressed interest in buying the sixth team. The football club also showed interest in buying a team in the IPL. But they did not get the ownership of the club as they were behind in the tender.
Sundar Raman, the former chief operating officer of the IPL, is rumored to be competing in January. The Emirates Cricket Board is in charge of organizing. They first applied to Kolkata and Mumbai as well as to Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Chennai franchise. At first he agreed but later Chennai came back.
According to the Emirates Cricket Board, Dubai is like a second home for Shah Rukh Khan. Shah Rukh is a brand there. So they were already sure that he would buy the team in the tournament there. They are happy that it happened in the end.