The high-profile Indian Premier League (IPL) on Thursday an overwhelming response with some of India’s top industrialists like Mukesh Ambani and Vijay Mallya and film stars Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta winning bids to own teams in the Twenty20 venture.
IPL governing council Lalit Modi on Thursday disclosed the names of the winning bidders
1. Mukesh Ambani‘s Reliance for Mumbai – $111.9 million
2. Deccan Chronicle for Hyderabad – $107.01 million
3. Vijay Mallya‘s UB Group for Bangalore – $106 million
4. India Cements for Chennai – $91 million
5. GMR Holdings for Delhi – $84 million
6. Consortium led by Preity Zinta for Mohali – $76 million
7. Shah Rukh Khan‘s Red Chillies (with Juhi Chawla and Jay Mehta) for Kolkata – $75.09 million
8. Emerging Media, a consortium including Manoj Badale of England, Lachlan Murdoch and some other investors for Jaipur – $67 million
$1 million = approx 4 crores rupees