Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)will now have a sister franchise in UAE’s flagship T20 league because the Knight Riders Group has acquired the rights to personal and function the Abu Dhabi franchise. The UAE’s T20 League is Emirates Cricket Board’s sanctioned, flagship skilled T20 League.
The Knight Riders group, which is led by Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta, has already acquired Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) within the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), made an funding in Major League Cricket (MLC) ) within the USA and has proven curiosity to arrange a franchise within the better Los Angeles space.
Get set for Abu Dhabi Knight Riders!
The Knight Riders Group has acquired the rights to personal and function the Abu Dhabi franchise and can arrange ADKR as an integral a part of the @EmiratesCricket‘s flagship UAE T20 league.
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— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) May 12, 2022
In an announcement launched by The UAE T20 League, Shahrukh Khan has mentioned,”For a number of years now,now we have been increasing the Knight Riders model globally and carefully watching the potential for
T20 cricket within the UAE. We are enthusiastic about changing into a part of UAE’s T20 League, which little question will turn into vastly profitable.”
While the UAE T20 League chairman mentioned,” “The dedication to develop the T20 format and the experience gathered by the Knight Riders Group, by way of their involvement in franchise cricket internationally, is undisputed. We are exceptionally happy with their foresight to affix forces with the UAE’s T20 League and firmly consider it would elevate the status, and professionalism of the League all through the cricket group.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
