IPL 2022: After Manchester United, baseball giants New York Yankees join race to own a team

There
are
familiar
names
like
Adani
Group,
Goenka
Group,
Aurobindo
Pharma,
Torrent
Pharma
etc
in
the
running
for
the
teams
who
base
price
is
set
at
Rs
2000
crore.

But
much
to
the
surprise
of
many,
Premier
League
giants
Manchester
United
too
want
a
share
of
the
pie
as
they
have
made
a
bid
through
the
Glazer
family,
principal
owners
of
the
club.

Now,
it
has
come
to
light
that
another
big-time
sports
club
is
interested
in
buying
a
team
in
the
IPL,
and
we
are
talking
about
baseball
giants
New
York
Yankees
as
per
a
report
in
the
Outlook.

The
Yankees
compete
in
Major
League
Baseball
in
the
USA
and
had
last
won
the
championship
in
2009.
The
Yankees
is
controlled
by
Yankee
Global
Enterprises,
a
consortium
headed
by
the
family
of
late
George
Steinbrenner
who
bought
the
team
in
1973.

Earlier,
sources
in
the
know
of
developments
confirmed
the
presence
of
the
Manchester
United
owners
in
the
UAE
for
the
big
day.

“Yes,
they
are
here.
We
will
know
by
afternoon
on
which
two
cities
have
teams
and
who
are
the
owners,”
a
source
was
quoted
as
saying
by
the
ANI.

Manchester
United
owners
showing
interest
to
be
a
part
of
the
IPL
2022
may
be
one
of
the
reasons
why
the
Board
of
Control
for
Cricket
in
India
(BCCI)
on
September
21
informed
they
have
decided
to
extend
the
date
for
purchasing
the
Invitation
to
Tender
(ITT)
for
the
right
to
own
and
operate
one
of
two
proposed
new
IPL
teams
document
till
October
10
from
the
initial
deadline
of
October
5.

Earlier,
sources
in
the
know
of
this
development
had
confirmed
the
interest
shown
by
Manchester
United
owners.

“Well
yes,
it
is
true
that
they
have
shown
interest
and
that
may
be
one
of
the
reasons
why
the
dateline
was
extended
by
the
BCCI.
IPL
is
not
just
restricted
to
India,
it
is
a
global
entity
now,”
the
source
pointed
out.

The
Governing
Council
of
the
IPL
had
issued
the
‘Invitation
to
Tender’
(“ITT”)
document
available
on
payment
of
the
non-refundable
tender
fees
on
August
31,
2021.

“Pursuant
to
request
from
interested
parties,
the
BCCI
has
now
decided
to
extend
the
date
for
purchasing
the
ITT
document
till
October
10,
2021,”
BCCI
Secretary
Jay
Shah
said
in
a
statement.

The
BCCI
has
identified
six
cities
as
potential
base
for
the
new
teams
and
as
things
stand
now,
Ahmedabad
and
Lucknow
are
frontrunners.