Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone to bid for new IPL franchise

Bollywood superstars Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone are willing to big for one of the two new IPL franchises for the new season in 2022. Even Manchester United are considering to bid for a team in the league. Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta and Juhi Chawla are already associated with franchises in the cash-rich league.

While Deepika has a sports background with his father Prakash Padukone being a former All England badminton champion, Ranveer Singh is associated with a lot of sports leagues across the globe.

“The BCCI is not keen to give the rights to an off-shore company and will prefer Indian buyers but power equations can change the script dramatically,” the source was quoted as saying, Outlook reported.

The final result of the bidding process will be declared after the match between India and Pakistan in Dubai.

“The BCCI is not keen to give the rights to an off-shore company and will prefer Indian buyers but power equations can change the script dramatically,” the source was quoted as saying, Outlook reported.

“Although it is a closed bid, we are expecting a fair and transparent process. The only hodgepodge could happen in the verification/elimination stage but it is unlikely BCCI will adopt unfair means to favour particular companies,” a bidder said on conditions of anonymity.