The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) and Probability Sports India Private Limited (PSIPL) have announced the owners of the six teams that will take part in the inaugural T20 Mumbai League slated to held from March 11.
Earlier, bids were invited for owning the six franchises of the T20 Mumbai League and the owners were announced by the cricket body via a media release. The matches will be played at the Wankhede Stadium and the league will conclude on March 21. Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar has already been named as the League Ambassador.
Meanwhile, Tendulkar's son Arjun has pulled out of the league auction seemingly after consultation with his father to remodel his action. The left-arm pacer who was part of the Mumbai Under-19 team throughout the season will work with his coach to get ready for competitive cricket and hence will not be part of the auction scheduled to be held on Saturday.
The players list has been sent to the franchises. A total of 200-250 players are expected to enter the auction pool, and the salary purse is fixed at Rs 35 lakh.
Each team will be allowed to have a squad of 16-20 players, including an icon player. The MCA is learnt to have identified six icon players. The availability of Rohit Sharma, Shardul Thakur and Shreyas Iyer has not been confirmed yet but Ajinkya Rahane and Dhawal Kulkarni are set to feature and be icon players.
The league will see six teams battling it out for the title — Mumbai North, Mumbai North-West, Mumbai North-East, Mumbai North-Central, Mumbai South-Central, and Mumbai South.
