Chennai Super Kings announced on social media that they have acquired the Texas team in Major League Cricket. The four-time IPL champion also owns the Johannesburg Super Kings in South Africa’s SA20 league. According to a report in ESPNCricinfo, CSK has tied up with a local investor to invest in the Texas franchise. ESPNCricinfo also reported that alongside CSK and Kolkata Knight Riders, two prominent IPL franchises have bought stakes in Major League Cricket (MLC). Those are Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals.
That means four out of the six teams in MLC overall will be helmed by IPL franchises after Kolkata Knight Riders, one of the earliest investors in the tournament, took charge of the Los Angeles franchise. While Mumbai, like Knight Riders, will run the New York franchise independently, Capitals will run the Seattle franchise in partnership with Microsoft chief executive officer Satya Nadella. While Capitals in the IPL is co-owned by GMR Sports Private Ltd and Jindal Sports West, it is learned that the former has entered into a partnership with Nadella to run the Seattle franchise. In a media release on Thursday, the MLC confirmed the alliance between the Seattle franchise and Delhi Capitals, and said the team would be called Seattle Orcas. The MLC starts on July 13 this year.
Show some yellove to our NRI cousin, @TeamTexasMLC! 🤠 #HowdyTexas #MajorLeagueCricket pic.twitter.com/OvsntNUig3
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) March 18, 2023
