Indian cricket legends Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly were among the host of high-profile winning bidders as the organises of the much-anticipated Indian Super League unveiled the eight franchises for the event.

 

The bid winners for the eight franchises of the league, which is scheduled to be held in September-November, was announced by organisers IMG-Reliance after evaluation of the bids by a seven-member panel.Tendulkar bagged the Kochi franchise along with PVP Ventures, which also owns a team in the Indian Badminton League while Ganguly, who bid by forming a consortium with Spanish League giants Atletico Madrid and businessmen Harshavardhan Neotia, Sanjeev Goenka and Utsav Parekh, won the Kolkata franchise.

 

The Mumbai franchise went to Bollywood star Ranbir Kapoor and Bimal Parekh while another tinsel town biggie Salman Khan bagged the Pune franchise together with Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawan of the Wadhawan Group.Another actor John Abraham teamed up with I-League side from the northeast, Shillong Lajong, to bag the franchise to be based in Guwahati.

 

 

Full list

BENGALURU – The Sun Group

DELHI – Sameer Manchanda led Den Network

GOA – Venugopal Dhoot (Videocon), Dattaraj Salgaocar and Shrinivas V. Dempo

GUWAHATI – John Abraham & Shillong Lajong

KOCHI – Sachin Tendulkar & PVP Ventures

KOLKATA – Sourav Ganguly, Harshavardhan Neotia, Atletico Madrid, Sanjeev Goenka, Utsav Parekh

MUMBAI – Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor and Bimal Parekh

PUNE – Salman Khan together with Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawan of the Wadhawan Group