Hardik Pandya playing for another franchise means that he will be playing against his previous franchise Mumbai Indians where he will be up against his former Mumbai teammates Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Kieron Pollard.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is all set to become a ten-team tournament from the 2022 season with the addition of two new teams to the league. The two new franchises will be based out in Ahmedabad and Lucknow and their respective owners were confirmed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday (October 25).
RP-Sanjiv Goenka (RPSG) Group Chairman Sanjiv Goenka says based on his company’s calculations, the amount payable to BCCI is close to half of Rs 7,000 crores over 10 years.