by Lancashire believes that their new IPL partners can help the hundreds of franchises from the County “Challenge” Manchester United and Manchester City as attractions in “the number one sports city of the United Kingdom”.
RPSG Group, the owners of Lucknow super-managers, agreed to pay around 80 million pounds sterling for a 70% of Manchester Originals, one of the eight investment agreements that will bring back more than 520 million pounds sterling In the national game and an immediate 25m in the pink red chests.
While the documents must still be completed and the terms finalized, the collaboration has already started between the two parties, with ambitious words to correspond.
The CEO of Lancashire, Daniel Gidney, awaits a major increase in terms of resources and glamor for the team and the region.
Speaking during a launch event at Emirates Old Trafford, a stone’s throw from his footballer’s homonym, he said: “We talked about Manchester probably being the number one sports city in the United Kingdom. Here, I said it.
“Manchester is a global sports capital … a power. We want Manchester’s franchise to The Hundred to become the third largest sports team in Manchester and challenge these two sports teams from Manchester (United and City).
“It is the scale and the level of ambition of the two of us as a partners. I went to IPL games and the whole game book, the use of color, the use of brand image, data acquisition, the Fandom is out of the scale . It is something stronger than the Premier League, in my words.
“This is something that is incredibly exciting for us and that is why we wanted to associate ourselves with an IPL team and we have always done it. Do you have a population of 1.4 billion people who love cricket, why would we not want to inject a little of this energy and this passion in Manchester and Lancashire?
Shashwat Goenka, Vice -President of RPSG, admitted that his group had initially opted for a participation in the London Spirit Side, based in Lord – losing in the face of an exorbitant offer to a consortium of Silicon Valley which offered 145 million pounds Sterling for a 49%participation.
But he was enthusiastic about the link.
“While we did a little aggressively for Lord, we stopped at a point and I am extremely satisfied with Manchester. We are very excited by this investment. This will be a great partnership, “he said via an appearance on the Kolkata video link.
“From a cricket point of view, it is one of the only sports in the world that has the kind of audience it does all over the world through race, caste, culture, religion, All this. Manchester is a global sports center … One of the best sports cities in the world. »»
The opener of England Phil Salt, who plays for the Lancashire and the Originals and also has the experience of the IPL, also expects that the influx of silver offers a shot in the arm for a Competition that has always divided opinion between cricket fans.
“I think there is certainly a new level to find at this tournament,” he said.
“When I had the creation of IPL, I suppose that their ambition was to bring the best tournament in the world that we have ever seen and that’s exactly what they did. We sit down here today knowing that our ambition is to bring the best cricket in the world to Manchester.
“It will be a huge advantage for the male and female game. Now, there will be increased funds available, it will be a boost for the infrastructure of the game. I think that many guys (from England) share this feeling, that it is the beginning of the realization of this ambition. »»
Goenka suggested that it was happy to carry out 100 bullets in the format that marks the hundred of its T20 counterparts, by saluting the idea that the owners of IPL wish to force a change.
He replied an answer on the name change in super giants of Manchester, although it was an alteration that could be entered in 2026.
