{"id":64967,"date":"2020-12-20T20:09:35","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T20:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=64967"},"modified":"2020-12-20T20:10:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T20:10:01","slug":"bollywood-stars-ipl-team-buys-into-us-major-league-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=64967","title":{"rendered":"Bollywood star\u2019s IPL team buys into US Major League Cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"Online Desk: The Indian Premier League\u2019s Kolkata Knight Riders, co-owned by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, have become a key partner in the bid to launch Major League Cricket in the United States, the team said on last month.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The two-time IPL champions have signed on for a \u201clong-term strategic partnership (that) will include financial investment and significant expertise\u201d, a statement said.<\/p>\n

Major League Cricket, featuring six city-based franchises, is aiming to launch in 2022, bringing \u201cworld-class T20 cricket to America for the very first time\u201d, it added.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor several years now, we have been expanding the Knight Riders brand globally and closely watching the potential for T20 cricket in the USA,\u201d Khan said in the statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are convinced that Major League Cricket has all the pieces in place to execute on its plans and we look forward to making our partnership an enormous success.\u201d<\/p>\n

The announcement did not say whether the Knight Riders will hold a controlling stake in the new Twenty20 league whose parent company, American Cricket Enterprises, aims to bring in top players from around the world.<\/p>\n

ACE last month said an unused baseball stadium in Texas will be converted into a permanent cricket venue as part of plans to bring the T20 World Cup to America by 2031.<\/p>\n

Efforts to popularise cricket in the United States have been sporadic. In 2015, Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar and Australian spin legend Shane Warne played an All-Stars series in New York, Houston and Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

In September, American fast bowler Ali Khan joined up with the Knight Riders at the IPL in United Arab Emirates, but was unable to play because of injury.<\/p>\n

Khan, 29, played a key role in the US gaining ODI status at the World Cricket League Division Two event in Namibia last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Online Desk: The Indian Premier League\u2019s Kolkata Knight Riders, co-owned by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, have become a key partner in the bid to launch Major League Cricket in the United States, the team said on last month. The two-time IPL champions have signed on for a \u201clong-term strategic partnership (that) will include financial […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":64968,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n