Indian Premier League 2022: Ahmedabad, Lucknow will be new teams as RPSG and CVC Capital Partners make winning bids
The Hindu
BCCI earned ₹12,690 crore from the two new teams that will take part in the IPL 2022.
Kolkata-based business tycoon Sanjiv Goenka’s RP-SG Group claimed the Lucknow franchise for a whopping ₹7090 crore while international equity investment firm CVC Capital won the bid for Ahmedabad with a ₹5600 crore offer as the eagerly-awaited two new IPL teams were unveiled here on Monday.
The BCCI was expecting a windfall in the range of ₹10,000 crore but to their surprise, earned ₹12,690 crore from the two new teams that will take part in the 2022 IPL.
PTI had reported on Sunday that Goenka is one of the favourites to win a team after having been in the IPL for two years in 2016 and 2017 when he owned the Rising Pune Supergiants.
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