KKR CEO Venky Mysore did not entirely rule out the possibility of
the IPL franchise "evaluating" investment opportunities in 'The
Hundred'.
The owners of IPL
franchise Kolkata
Knight Riders (KKR) would be looking to invest in the England and Wales
Cricket Board's (ECB) new cricket tournament, The Hundred.
The Telegraph newspaper reported that the Shah Rukh Khan co-owned KKR are open to investing in the 100-ball a side competition, which has now been postponed to next year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Here’s what KKR
CEO Mysore said
KKR CEO Venky
Mysore did not entirely rule out the possibility of the IPL franchise
"evaluating" investment opportunities in 'The Hundred'.
However, Mysore
was categorical that at this moment it's nothing more than speculation.
"I know this
story is going around. All I said was 'if we are approached to consider
investing in 'The Hundred', we will evaluate it'," news agency PTI quoted
Mysore, after the report in the English daily.
KKR’s investment
in foreign T20 leagues
Caribbean
Premier League
Owned by Bollywood
superstar Shah Rukh Khan, the two-time IPL
champions had in 2015 acquired Caribbean Premier League side Trinidad &
Tobago Red Steel, who are now known as Trinbago Knight Riders, a winner of
successive CPL titles in 2017 and 2018.
T20 league in
South Africa
They also had
acquired a third team, the Cape Town franchise in Cricket South Africa's Global
T20 league which however did not see the light of the day and was cancelled in
2017.
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