Ahmedabad: ‘The atmosphere like the Festival’ will swallow the city in April and May with the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday added Ahmedabad as one of the two new franchises for the 2022 season.
Another new franchise is Lucknow.
CVC Capital International Equity Investment Company won the offer for the Ahmedabad franchise with an offer of Rs 5,600 Crore.
The Lucknow franchise is claimed by the business of Rp-SG-SG Business Tycoon based in Kolkata.
In all possibilities, Narendra Modi Stadium in Merera, the largest cricket stadium in the world with a capacity of 1,32,000, will be the basis of a new franchise.
The new franchise, former Cricketers told TII, it is expected to provide Fillip to domestic cricketers, support staff, and related activities.
BCCI Junior Selector Patik Patel told Tii, “It won’t be less than carnival.
The atmosphere like the festival will win in the city with a new franchise setting here.
It will be fun for the players and spectators to play at the largest cricket stadium in the world.” In the term Long, he said, the cricket structure of Gujarat will benefit.
Former coach Ranji from Gujarat Hitesh Majumdar told TII, “new IPL franchises will benefit local players and help the growth of domestic cricket.” “The team will have a base in the city and this will benefit coaches, physiotherapists, coaches, and other cricket support staff from the city and the country as those who come from the country will know the best talent,” said Majatar, under whom Gujarat won the Maiden Ranji Trophy 2016-17.
He further said, “The whole economy around the new franchise will be developed, giving people related to cricket more opportunities.” Young players from Ahmedabad and other parts of the country have good opportunities to showcase their skills in the local incident of twenty years, he said, showing that Gujarat appeared to be champions in the Mushtaq Ali Syed tournament, T20 domestic tournament, in 2012-13 and 2014-15.