The eyes of the cricket world are now on the new season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Ever since the publication of the retention-release list of ten franchises in November last year, the mercury of excitement began to rise. The same feeling as the transfer of stars from one camp to another on the 'deadline day' of team change in the football field arouses excitement among the fans, the same feeling was found in the cricket field.
Return of Hardik Pandya from Gujarat Titans (GT) to Mumbai Indians (MI) via trade window after publication of courtesy retention list. Then the IPL auction on December 19 was also eventful this time. Pat Cummins made history by touching the price of 20.50 crores. He was also overtaken by Mitchell Starc. Kolkata Knight Riders have increased the excitement of the upcoming IPL season by spending 24.75 crores to sign the Aussie pacer.
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An investment of 830 crores may come to the Capitals camp
Delhi Capitals (DC) fans are eagerly waiting for IPL 2024. Last year did not go well for them (DC). Rishabh Pant was injured in a serious car accident. Although the captaincy was handed over to David Warner, he could not lead the team towards success. Coach Ricky Ponting is in the dug-out, Sourav Ganguly is the Director of Cricket Operations. The Delhi team finished ninth (9th) in the team league table, despite a host of heavyweight cricketers and support-staff.
Supporters want the team to turn around next season. Rishabh Pant has already been assured that he will play. Now another good news is making Delhi people smile. Before the start of the season, they can overtake high profile teams like Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata to become the richest franchise. According to media reports, the seventeenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is going to start from March 22. May continue till May 26. Before the start of the tournament, there may be big news from within the Delhi Capitals (DC) franchise. Sources at Bloomberg say the Capitals camp is looking to get a personal loan to improve the team.
They (DC) can get this loan from the franchise owner JSW GMR Cricket Pvt Ltd. If everything goes well, the loan amount could be between Nine (9) to Ten (10) million USD. In Indian currency, that can stand at 830 crore rupees. Apart from Delhi, this money will be spent on the development of teams like Pretoria Capitals (PC), India Capitals (IC), Dubai Capitals (DC) owned by the Capitals franchise. Such personal loans are not new in the world of sports. Earlier, English football club Chelsea (Chelsea Football Club) took such a loan from Ares Management Corporation.
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Delhi Capitals bid in the auction
The auction was held on December 19 at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. Moon market was seen on the auction table of Delhi Capitals (DC) that day. The coach was Ricky Ponting. Delhi team's Director of Cricket Operations Sourav Ganguly was present. Rishabh Pant was also with him. Delhi (DC) has repeatedly proved that they have done enough homework to enter the auction arena. They picked up Harry Brook, a young Turk from England, in exchange for Four (4) crore rupees. Fifty (50) lakh rupees spent on South Africa's talented youngster Tristan Stubbs. Among the international stars, West Indies' Shai Hope (75 lakhs), Australia's Jhye Richardson (5 crores) has been recruited by Delhi.
Sourav-Ponting has been seen investing in Indian youth. Andhra's Bengali cricketer Ricky Bhui' has been brought into the team for a base price of Twenty (20) lakh rupees. Sumit Kumar (1 crore), Swastik Chikara (20 lakh) got a place in the Delhi camp. Jharkhand's young Kumar Kushagra has made a fuss. Many are already calling Kumar Kushagra the successor of Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the domestic cricket arena. Sourav Ganguly remembered him after seeing him at the trial in Kolkata. Delhi was seen participating in a tug-of-war in the auction for the young Turk. Finally, the Capitals franchise was able to take him in exchange for 72 million.
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