IPL 2022-RPSG owner Sanjiv Goenka reveals plans for players for Lucknow team – Make do with what we have

IPL 2022: Sanjiv Goenka, the owner of RPSG Group, on Monday, said his new Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise will be willing to make the most of the resources available when it comes to player availability for the next season of the premier T20 tournament.

On Monday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced successful bidders for two new franchises of IPL. The next season will be a 10-team affair with 74 matches as two new teams based out of Lucknow and Ahmedabad were announced.

Sanjiv Goenka-helmed RPSG Group came up with a winning bid of a whopping INR 7090 crore and picked Lucknow as its home base. CVC Capital, former owners of Formula One, came up with the second-highest bid of INR 5625 crore and opted for Ahmedabad during Monday’s bidding in Dubai. Notably, RPSG Group also owned the Rising Pune Supergiant franchise between 2016 and 2017.

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