Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Eight franchises for premier league, T20

Eight franchises for premier league, T20

Bangalore, Aug 5 (PTI) Karnataka State Cricket Association tonight announced eight franchises for Karnataka Premier League, a Twenty20 tournament on the lines of India Premier League.

The following were the eight highest bidders : Brigade Enterprises Limited (Bangalore Urban team), Mel Mont Constructions Pvt Ltd (Bangalore Rural), S Shivashankarappa (Hubli-Dharwad), Subhas Enterprises (Belgaum), Siresh Auto Pvt Ltd (Mysore), Fizza Developers & Inter Trade Pvt Ltd (Mangalore), Vivid Kreation (Gulbarga) and Jayaprakash Hegde K (Shimoga).

The sealed bids were opened this evening, KSCA Officials said. The minimum bid price for prospective franchises was set at Rs 20 lakh.

The tournament is slated to be staged at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here from September 12 to 27. Meanwhile, the player auction is scheduled to be held on August 14.

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