Last Update: January 13, 2023, 6:54 pm IST
Will Avram Glazer buy a team in WIPL?
More than 20 parties, including most of the existing IPL franchises and those who missed out on buying an IPL side in 2021, are believed to have taken the ITT.
According to a report in Cricbuzz, the owners of Manchester United are looking to buy a franchise in the Women’s IPL (WIPL). Earlier Avram Glazer of the Glazer family, who also owns the Premier League giants, had unsuccessfully bid for over Rs 4,000 crore last year but failed to get hold of any of the latest IPL franchises. CVC Capitals later outbid them and won the Ahmedabad franchise, while Sanjiv Goenka of the RPS Group won the bid for the Lucknow franchise.
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Speaking to Cricbuzz, one of the representatives of Desert Vipers, who is owned by the Glazers, confirmed that Avram Glazer is ‘seriously looking’ to buy a franchise in the upcoming league.
The WIPL is the third such women’s cricket league after Australia’s Women’s Big Bash League and New Zealand’s Super Smash. The league’s organizer BCCI is all set to conduct the auction on January 25.
The board had already issued an invitation for tender and it is yet to be known who has shown interest as the last date is January 21.
“Having bought into ILT20, it is only natural for us to look at other opportunities for cricket around the world, including the women’s IPL,” Phil Oliver, CEO of Desert Vipers, told the website on Friday.
However, he refused to reveal whether he had procured the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document, which is a prerequisite for buying a favor. “I cannot reveal the details of how far along we are in that process, but I am pleased to say that we are exploring all opportunities, including WIPL.”
“The India The market is interesting to us. A lot of Indian cricket fans will be watching this tournament and see what the Desert Vipers bring to it. If anything, we want to bring an exciting brand of cricket to Indian fans, just as it is to our fans around the world,” Oliver said.
The BCCI is understood to have received a lot of interest from corporates across the world for this first edition of WIPL. More than 20 parties, including most of the existing IPL franchises and those who missed out on buying an IPL side in 2021, are believed to have taken the ITT.
The Glazer family had earlier shown interest in buying an IPL franchise especially after the entry of new teams in Lucknow and Ahmedabad. Avram Glazer, represented by Lancer Capital, had bid Rs 4125.65 crore for the Ahmedabad team and Rs 4023.99 crore for the Lucknow team, which eventually lost.
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