Who is The Owner of Lucknow ipl Team ?
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Who is the owner of lucknow ipl team – Hello friends, recently Lucknow team was included in IPL, the owner of Lucknow team bought this team by paying a huge price, so let’s know, who is the owner of Lucknow IPL team.
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who is the owner of lucknow ipl Team
Lucknow IPL team is owned by Sanjiv Goenka, Sanjiv Goenka is the owner of RPSG Group Company, Lucknow team will represent Uttar Pradesh state.
Who Is Sanjiv Goenka –
Sanjeev Goenka is a well-known businessman from Calcutta, who is the owner of the RPSG Group.
According to Forbes magazine, Sanjiv Goenka’s net worth is $ 2.8 billion, which means Rs 20600 crore in Indian currency, according to Fortune website he is the 80th richest man in India.
Sanjiv Goenka was born on 29 January 1961, he has also been the President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in the year 2011 he formed the RPSG Group.
The RPSG group rose to great heights of success in a short span of time, RP in RPSG stands for “Ram Prasad Goenka”, who is Sanjiv Goenka’s father, while SG stands for “Sanjiv Goenka”.
The total value of RPSG Group company is Rs 47405 crores, while more than 50000 people work in this group, more than 1000 people have shares in this company.
RPSG Group deals in electrical goods, IT service, entertainment, media, sports and education.
Price Of Lucknow Team –
The price of the Lucknow team is Rs 7090 crores, Sanjiv Goenka bought the Lucknow team by bidding 250% more.
BCCI had initially fixed the price of Lucknow team at Rs 2000 crores, but Sanjiv Goenka bought the Lucknow team for Rs 7090 crores after bidding.
Most Expensive Team Of IPL
Lucknow team has become the most expensive team of IPL with Rs 7090 crores, while Ahmedabad has become the second most expensive team of IPL with Rs 5625 crores.
When the IPL started in the year 2008, Mukesh Ambani bought the Mumbai Indians team for about Rs 480 crore.
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Old IPL Team Of Sanjiv Goenka –
Sanjiv Goenka’s old IPL team is Rising Pune Supergiant, the Pune team could only play IPL 2016 and IPL 2017, after that the team was scrapped.
Rising Pune Supergiant
The Pune team made it to the finals in IPL 2017, in the finals they faced the Mumbai Indians team, in which Mumbai beat the Pune team by just 1 run.
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