We now have to build a good team and perform."ĮSPNcricinfo reported that 22 companies had purchased the tender document but only nine were at the bidding process that took place behind closed doors in Dubai earlier in the day.Ī senior BCCI official confirmed that among the bidders was a member of the Glazer family, which owns Premier League giants Manchester United. "It is good be back in the IPL and I am delighted," RPSG owner Sanjiv Goenka said.
Mumbai has won the IPL four times since then, in 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2020. In 2013, a youthful Rohit Sharma guided the squad to its maiden championship triumph. Midway through the 2013 season, the Mumbai-based team had to replace its skipper. The RP-Sanjiv Goenka (RPSG) Group, which owned the now-defunct Pune franchise for two IPL campaigns, bid 70.9 billion Indian rupees ($1.25 billion) for the Lucknow outfit while CVC Capital Partners bid a little over 56 billion Indian rupees for the Ahmedabad side. The Mumbai Indians (MI) have won the Indian Premier League (IPL) five times. The top two teams from the league phase will play against each other in the first Qualifying match, with the winner going straight to the IPL final and the loser getting another chance to qualify for the IPL final by playing the second Qualifying match.
The Ahmedabad team will play at the new Narendra Modi Stadium, which boasts a world-leading seating capacity of 132,000 people. At the conclusion of the league stage, the top four teams will qualify for the playoffs. The league had approved a proposal last December to add two franchises to the world's richest Twenty20 competition, which has an estimated brand value of $9 billion. The Lucknow and Ahmedabad franchises will compete in the competition from the 2022 season, which will have 10 teams and 74 matches where each side will play seven home and seven away games.