Shah Rukh Khan, Mukesh Ambani Teams Feature as Major League Cricket Begins U.S. Innings
Naman Ramachandran Six teams owned by top global sporting bodies are participating in the inaugural Major League Cricket (MLC) tournament in the U.S., which kicked off on Thursday. The Los Angeles Knight Riders team is owned by Shah Rukh Khan’s Knight Riders Group, which also operates teams in the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Caribbean Premier League and the U.A.E.’s International League T20 (ILT). The MI New York team is owned by billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Mumbai Indians, which also operates a team in the ILT. The Seattle Orcas is owned by the GMR Group, which also has IPL and ILT teams. India’s Chennai Super Kings IPL franchise owns the Texas Super Kings, while the San Francisco Unicorns and Washington Freedom are owned by Australia’s Cricket Victoria and Cricket New South Wales respectively.