New Delhi: The Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) on Monday has given a letter of intention (LOI) to the new IPL franchise from Ahmedabad purchased by CVC Capital.
The Ahmedabad franchise has begun working on the formation of management of his team while some legal issues are still resolved with BCCI.
It has emerged former Indian Pacer Ashish Nehra regulated to become head coach while the Hardik Pandya allrounder star led to being captain of the team.
If the deal occurs, it will be a big shot on the hardik arm that has fallen from assistance for Indian voters.
However, TOI understands that the big catch will become an allrounder Afghan Star Rashid Khan.
Rashid has spoken with Ahmedabad and Lucknow for weeks.
According to the source, the Ahmedabad franchise looks ahead of the current race.
Ishan Kishan is the preferred goalkeeper.
Two new franchises must provide three names (two Indians and one abroad) before the Mega auction which is likely to be held in Bengaluru on February 11-12.
Toi also knows that there is a possibility that IPL auction can be pushed back due to the increasing number of Covid cases in this country.
Kl Rahul almost certainly took over as captain of Lucknow franchise.
Toi also understands that the Lucknow team belongs to Sanjeev Goenka has Australia AllRounder Marcus Stoinis and South Africa Pacer Kagiso Rabada as a backup if they fail to get Rashid Khan.
Yuzvendra Chahal’s leg-spinners and Rahul Chahar are also in demand because of the two reasons in Ahmedabad and Lucknow has large boundaries that are seen as an advantage for spinners.
It would be interesting to see where Shreyas Iyer was in the auction.
The middle dough chose to get out of the capital Delhi after the captain was handed over to Rishabh’s pants from him.
The source said Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) was interested in getting Iyer as captain’s option.