Indian Premier League franchise Delhi Capitals are looking to expand their presence in Australia as they have had formal discussions with Cricket New South Wales for a ‘potential collaboration’ which could take place as early as Sunday.
According to a report by Cricbuzz, GMR officials who are also part-owners of the franchise are already in Sydney to build the foundations for their negotiations with the New South Wales cricket board. The owner of the GMR Group, Kiran Kumar Grandhi is also set to arrive in Sydney on Sunday.
Cricket New South Wales had earlier approached an unnamed IPL franchise to manage their second team in the Big Bash League, the Sydney Thunder which is currently being captained by the legendary Australian opener, David Warner.
The report quoted an official of the franchise that had previously held talks with CSNW and pointed out that the board did not hold any shares which makes it unclear as to why the Capitals want to collaborate. It is also suggested that the collaboration could be to build a partnership between the two teams in order to use the facilities, but official information is yet to be made available to the public.
The GMR Group have been making acquisitions of late after they brought in the historic Hampshire County in England which is associated with the ECB and could also end up buying the Southern Brave franchise in The Hundred.
