The ten teams scheduled to play in the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League(IPL) have been preparing for the tournament right from the end of the last season. However, the owners of IPL teams 2022 take a keen interest in the development of their squads. Let's have a look at who are the IPL Team owners and who manages the IPL.
However, let us take a look at the IPL team's owners' name list for 2022. In this article, SportzPoint gives you all the details.
Mukesh Ambani | Mumbai Indians
Nita Ambani and her son Akash Ambani from the Reliance Group own the most successful IPL franchise, the Mumbai Indians. The IPL owners have always been active in all the operations of the team and are completely involved with MI functioning even during the off-season.
Nita Ambani recently entered an elite list of influential women for managing the Mumbai Indians well. Meanwhile, she is certainly on the top of the Owner of the IPL teams list with her efforts during each season.
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N Srinivasan | Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings owner in 2021 is the Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited. The Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited was formed on December 19, 2014. As the acquired the team and its rights from its parent company, India Cement.
Apart from playing managerial and administrative roles for the franchise, the Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited also owns the rights to the team's jersey and other merchandise such as t-shirts, mugs, posters, footwear, wristbands, etc. Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited is registered as a non-governmental company.
Shah Rukh Khan | Kolkata Knight Riders
Shahrukh Khan (Red Chillies Entertainment) and Jay Mehta and Juhi Chawla (Mehta Group) combine to own the Kolkata Knight Riders with 55% and 45% stakes respectively. Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan is the face of the team. However, the management and auction operations are mostly taken care of by the duo from the Mehta Group.
Anand Kripalu | Royal Challengers Bangalore
United Spirits Limited's Anand Kripalu is the owner of the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise. The incredibly followed IPL team has had a change of owners after a few unfortunate turn of events forced Kingfisher's Vijay Mallya to drop the team leadership. The fans might be hoping to see a change of fortune for the team's success after a change in ownership.
Kalanithi Maran | Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sun Network's Kalanithi Maran owns the Hyderabad-based franchise since they changed from Deccan Chargers to Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2013. The franchise won one title as Deccan Chargers and then their second title after the change to SRH. Kalanithi's daughter Kaviya Maran seems to have taken over the operations of the team from 2020.
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Parth Jindal | Delhi Capitals
The GMR Group (Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao) and the JSW Group (Jindal South West) have equal shares in the Delhi Capitals. These companies are in the infrastructure and steel sectors respectively. The director of JSW Sports, Parth Jindal, is the director of the franchise and handles team operations including participating in the IPL auction.
Manoj Badale | Rajasthan Royals
The Rajasthan Royals have a total of six co-owners. They are Amisha Hathiramani from Tresco International Ltd, Manoj Badale from Emerging Media (IPL) Ltd, Lachlan Murdoch from Blue Water Estate Ltd. Moreover, Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty from Kuki Investments Ltd, and Shane Warne from Spinners.
While the brand ambassador of the team is their title-winning captain and now a co-owner, Shane Warne. Meanwhile, the face of the franchise is Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty. The face has taken a bit of bashing after the scandalous two-year ban RR received for alleged match-fixing.
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Preity Zinta | Punjab Kings
Mohit Burman from Dabur, Ness Wadia from Wadia Group, Preity Zinta from PZNZ Media, and Karan Paul from Apeejay Surrendra Group are the co-owners of the Punjab-based IPL franchise. Although, Preity Zinta is the face of the management group. She is present at the auction table every year and is also cheering the team from the stands during each game.
CVC Partner | Ahmedabad
The Irelia or the CVC Capital is a business conglomerate that runs offices across Asia. Europe, South, and North America. This is their maiden foray into cricket but recently they had acquired a minor share in La Liga, the Spanish football league. They also had a minor stake in F1.
CVC Capital bid Rs 5166 crore for the Ahmedabad franchise. The home of the Ahmedabad team will be the world's largest cricket stadium, the Narendra Modi Stadium that can accommodate a massive 1,32,000 spectators.
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Sanjeev Goenka | Lucknow
The team is owned by Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman of the RPSG Group and they will be based in the swank new Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium in Lucknow that can house 50000 people. It may be recalled that the Goenka group has previous experience in running an IPL team. The RPSG group has reportedly acquired the Lucknow franchise with a bid of Rs 7,100 crore.
They had owned the Rising Pune Supergiant in the IPL 2016 and 2017 when Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were suspended.
Owners of IPL 2022 :
The following is an IPL teams owners list for the 2021 edition along with the original owners.
Teams | Debut | Current Owners |
---|---|---|
Mumbai Indians | 2008 | Mukesh Ambani (Reliance) |
Chennai Super Kings | 2008 | N Srinivasan (India Cements) |
Kolkata Knight Riders | 2008 | Shah Rukh Khan (Red Chilies Entertainment) |
Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2008 | Anand Kripalu (United Spirits Limited) |
Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2013 (Decan Chargers 2008 - 2012) | Kalanithi Maran (Sun TV Network) |
Delhi Capitals | 2008 | Parth Jindal (GMR and JSW group) |
Rajasthan Royals | 2008 | Manoj Badale (Emerging Media) |
Punjab Kings | 2008 | Preity Zinta (PZNZ Media) |
Ahmedabad | NIL | CVC Partner (CVC Capital) |
Lucknow | NIL | Sanjeev Goenka (RPSG Group) |
The two new IPL teams (Ahmedabad and Lucknow) will be participating in the upcoming edition of the IPL.