IPL 2022: NEW TEAM LUCKNOW

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Sanjeev Goenka’s RPSG Group has once again invested in IPL. During the auction in Dubai on Monday, this group bought the team of Lucknow for 7 thousand 90 crores. With this, Lucknow has become the most expensive franchise in IPL history. Earlier, Mumbai was the most expensive franchise in IPL history, which was worth 839 crores. The RPSG Group, which bought this team, has already bought the team in the IPL. In the year 2016, the team of Rising Pune Supergiants was with this group. This team played in IPL for two years and also reached the final once. The Ekana Stadium – home ground of the Lucknow team.
After buying this team, Sanjeev Goenka said, “Very happy to be back in IPL. It was a long wait. We had planned a lot for this bid. I would like to thank all the people who have joined the league. This comeback has been immense. Pleasant.”

The amount of Lucknow is more than the total amount of the last eight teams of IPL.

The cost of the Lucknow franchise sold for 7 thousand 90 crores is more than the starting price of the eight franchises already involved in this tournament. There are already eight franchises involved in the IPL, whose total starting price is 5 thousand 425 crores. In this sense, the cost of Lucknow is 1 thousand 665 crores more than the total sum of the rest of the teams. At the same time, Ahmedabad has become the second most expensive team in IPL history. CVC Capitals Group buyed it for 5 thousand 166 crores.

What is RPSG Group

RPSG Group had earlier also bought the franchise of Rising Pune Supergiants. This team came after the ban of Chennai Super Kings in the years 2016 and 2017. Under Dhoni’s captaincy, Pune had also reached the final once. The group has several businesses in the IT Services, Media & Entertainment, Consumer & Retail, Education and Sports sectors. RPSG Group also has investments in the Indian Super League. In the ISL, this group has bought the franchise of Kolkata.

Along with this, the Goenka Group has a stake in the country’s legendary football club Mohun Bagan. This group has also bought the Kolkata team in the Ultimate Table Tennis League.

Ekana Stadium : The home ground of Lucknow

There have been a lot of matches in the Ekana Stadium in the recent past. This stadium is also known as Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium. It has a seating capacity of about 50,000 spectators. In July 2019, the BCCI declared it the third home ground of the Afghanistan cricket team in India. In 2019, all the matches between Afghanistan and West Indies were hosted by this ground. Apart from this, 5 ODIs and 3 T20 matches between the Indian women’s team and the South African women’s team in March were also held at the Ekana Stadium.

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