The Pitch: Bats, Bollywood and billionaires – the buyers vying for Irish T20 franchises
A series of Indian, Silicon Valley and private equity investors are weighing up prioritised options to buy the two Irish cricket franchises.
Abhishek Bachchan meets members of the Adamstown Cricket Club in Lucan, Dublin. The Bollywood star is a co-founder of the European T20 series. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile
A series of Indian, Silicon Valley and private equity investors are weighing up prioritised options to buy the two Irish cricket franchises announced as key participants in the new European T20 Premier League (ETPL).
The T20 franchise business is one of the wealthiest and fastest moving investment markets in world sport, with some exceptional growth surges revealed across the game, in recent months.
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