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The team of Manchester Originals has not been able to win any title of The Hundred League so far.
The RPSG Group, who owned the IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants, has bought 70% stake of Manchester Originals, The Hundred team from the Lancasher Cricket Club in England. Lancashere is a company with the manchester originals’ owner.
The RPSG Group made an official announcement of the deal on Friday. According to this, England’s Lancasher Cricket Club will have a 30% stake of the team. Group chairman Sanjeev Goenka said- ‘We respect Lancashire’s legsi. We are committed to forming a special relationship with Players, Support Team and Community. We trust in excellence. We see the immense possibility of quality cricket for generations to come.
Sanjeev Goenka is the owner of the IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants.
1252 crore bid was 11 days ago The RPSG Group bid for the franchise of the English League the Hundred on 4 February 11 days ago. The media report then claimed that the Indian group had made the highest bid of about Rs 1252 crore to get a 49 percent stake in the English franchise.
The group failed for ‘London Spirit’ on 1 February. The auction was won by a Tech Consortium in Silicon Valley.
Lancashire said in the statement on 4 February-
We were looking for a great partner. The RPSG group has been our favorite bidder for some time. We are very happy with this conclusion. We are excited to create a great future together. Our joint target is to create a special cricket team for the people of Manchester and North West region.
Rishabh Pant was made the new captain RPSG chairman Sanjeev Goenka made Rishabh Pant the captain of the IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants on 20 January last month. The franchise bought Pant for Rs 27 crore (about 3.21 million US dollars) in the November-2024 mega auction. With this, Pant became the most expensive player of IPL.
LSG owner Sanjeev Goenka along with former Indian cricketer Zaheer Khan in Kolkata gave Rishabh Pant a jersey.
Goenka bought a league in SA20 2 years ago RPSG Group President and founder Goenka bought the Lucknow franchise in the IPL in 2021 for Rs 7,090 crore before purchasing the Durban franchise in SA 20 in 2022. Earlier, Rising was also the owner of Pune Supergiant. The RPSG Group participated in the IPL season of 2016 and 2017, when Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were suspended. See the performance of LSG in the IPL ahead …
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