Mumbai: The Indian Street Premier League (ISPL), a tennis ball T10 cricket tournament to be played from March 6, has received a total bid of Rs 1165 crores for the six city teams, its organisers announced on Wednesday.
Actor Akshay Kumar’s Team Srinagar garnered the highest bid of Rs.251 crore from Sanjay Gupta and Rohan Gupta’s SG Sports Pvt. Ltd for the tourney that is slated to be played in indoor stadiums.
The other winning bids were Rs 225 crore from Venkat K Narayana’s KVN Enterprises LLP for Hrithik Roshan’s Team Bangalore, Rs.205.6 crore from Ms. Neeti Agrawal’s PATH India Ltd. for Amitabh Bachchan’s Team Mumbai, Rs.200 crore from Irfan Razack’s INR Holdings for Ram Charan’s Team Hyderabad; Rs.163.6 crore from Rajdipkumar Gupta & Mr. Sandipkumar Gupta for Suriya’s Team Chennai; and Rs.120 crore from Ms. Aksha Kamboj’s Aspect Global Ventures Pvt. Ltd. for Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor’s Team Kolkata.
The inaugural edition of ISPL will see the first matches in the series being played between March 6 and 15 in Mumbai, bringing a twist of entertainment to the game of cricket.
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, Investor and Core Committee Member, ISPL said, “The Co-Owners will play an important part in realising ISPL’s core vision of encouraging and finding emerging cricketing talent through a professional league format with a tennis ball. I wish them all the best as they embark on this new association with the game!”