CSA T20 League becomes MINI-IPL, all 6 teams bought by IPL team owners: CHECK DETAILS

CSA T20 League – IPL Teams CSA League: The newly launched Cricket South Africa’s T20 League (CSA T20 League) will be a MINI IPL of kind. Reason, according to reports all 6 teams in the league are bought by IPL Team owners. IPL franchises Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Lucknow Super Giants and Rajasthan Royals has bagged ownership of the six franchises as per few reports. The bidding closed on Wednesday with the tournament set to be in January next year. Follow Cricket News Updates with Insidesport.IN

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CSA T20 League becomes MINI-IPL, all 6 teams bought by IPL Owners in South Africa’s newly launched T20 League: Check OUT

IPL Teams CSA League: As per a Cricbuzz report, IPL owners have purchased all six franchises in the new CSA T20 League scheduled for early next year.

The report states that Mukesh Ambani (MI), N Srinivasan (CSK), Parth Jindal (DC), The Maran family (SRH), Sanjiv Goenka (LSG) and Manoj Badale (RR) participated in the auction for teams. They are yet to be officially declared winners by the league organizers.

The winner of the franchises will be announced only at the end of the month. But the report has confirmed their ownership. The report claims that the owners have already been informed about their successful bids and have been asked for their choices of cities.

Mumbai Indians are set to have their team in Cape Town, while arch-rivals Chennai Super Kings will take up the franchise based in Johannesburg. Jindal, Delhi Capital’s co-owner will have his team based out of Centurion in Pretoria. The franchise is likely to retain its ‘Capitals’ and will be called the Pretoria Capitals. Incidentally, both Pretoria and Delhi are capitals of their respective countries.

The reports state that MI and CSK placed the biggest financial bids, close to INR 250 crores. As the IPL model goes, each franchise will have to pay 10 per cent of the franchise fee for 10 years. The franchises have recently seen an influx of South African talent, with MI giving chances to Tristan Stubbs, and Dewald Brevis while CSK has had the likes of Faf du Plessis and Lungi Ngidi among their ranks previously.

Sanjiv Goenka is believed to be interested in the Durban franchise having bought the Lucknow Super Giants last year. Sunrisers meanwhile could have their team based out of Port Elizabeth, while the Rajsthan Royals are expected to take over the Paarl franchise.

CSA T20 League becomes MINI-IPL, all 6 teams bought by IPL Owners in South Africa’s newly launched T20 League: Check OUT

The financial muscle of IPL was there to see as none of the other investors could match up to the huge bids of the IPL owners, including the Kevin Pietersen-headed consortium. More details are likely to emerge when the CSA announces the selection process later this month.

The CSA T20 League is set to clash with the newly formed UAE T20 League and T20 superstars will be in a fix to choose between the two. The UAE T20 League also features IPL investment with Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians have ties in the league.