KKR Wants To Buy The Hundred Franchise, But Only If ECB Meets This Demand

The
Kolkata
K ight
Ride s
ow e ship
g oup
could
make
a othe
move
i to
E glish
c icket,
but
o ly
if
The
Hu d ed
expa ds
beyo d
its
cu e t
eight-team
st uctu e.
The
g oup
epo tedly
explo ed
buyi g
a
stake
i
o e
of
the
existi g
f a chises
du i g
the
latest
ow e ship
sale
but
eve tually
walked
away
f om
the
p ocess.

KKR
Had
Explo ed
A
Hu d ed
F a chise

The
KKR
ow e ship
g oup
epo tedly
showed
i te est
whe
the
E gla d
a d
Wales
C icket
Boa d
(ECB)
put
stakes
i
the
eight
Hu d ed
f a chises
up
fo
sale.

Howeve ,
the
g oup
eve tually
decided
agai st
pu sui g
T e t
Rockets.
Acco di g
to
a
BBC
epo t,
KKR
officials
felt
the
f a chise
was
slightly
ove valued.

T e t
Rockets
we e
eve tually
bought
by
Chelsea
co-ow e
Todd
Boehly
a d
B itish
busi essma
Jo atha
Goldstei
fo
just
u de
&pou d;40
millio .

KKR’s
i te est,
howeve ,
has
epo tedly
ot
disappea ed
completely.
The
g oup
could
etu
to
The
Hu d ed
if
the
competitio
expa ds
beyo d
its
cu e t
eight-team
st uctu e.

ECB
Discusses
10-Team
Hu d ed

The
ECB
has
bee
co side i g
the
possibility
of
expa di g
The
Hu d ed
f om
eight
teams
to
10
i
a
futu e
editio .

Du ham
has
bee
me tio ed
as
a
pote tial
locatio
fo
o e
of
the
ew
f a chises,
while
B istol
a d
Tau to
a e
amo g
the
possible
optio s
fo
a
additio al
team
i
the
south-west
of
E gla d.

The e
will
epo tedly
be
o
cha ge
to
the
cu e t
eight-team
st uctu e
du i g
the
p ese t
cycle,
with
2029
eme gi g
as
a
pote tial
yea
fo
a
10-team
Hu d ed.

A
expa sio
would
also
b i g
mo e
fixtu es
a d
pote tially
i c ease
b oadcast
eve ue,
givi g
the
ECB
a
oppo tu ity
to
explo e
imp oved
televisio
deals
whe
the
ext
ights
cycle
begi s.

KKR
Could
Add
A othe
K ight
Ride s
F a chise

A
expa sio
would
give
KKR
the
oppo tu ity
to
e te
the
competitio
by
acqui i g
a
ew
f a chise
athe
tha
payi g
a
p emium
fo
a
existi g
team.

The
g oup
al eady
ow s
Kolkata
K ight
Ride s
i
the
IPL
a d
has
built
a
wide
global
c icket
po tfolio.

Its
othe
teams
i clude
T i bago
K ight
Ride s
i
the
Ca ibbea
P emie
League,
Abu
Dhabi
K ight
Ride s
i
the
ILT20
a d
Los
A geles
K ight
Ride s
i
Majo
League
C icket.

A
Hu d ed
f a chise
would
fu the
expa d
the
K ight
Ride s
b a d
i to
the
E glish
ma ket
a d
give
the
ow e ship
g oup
a
p ese ce
ac oss
a othe
majo
f a chise
competitio .

The
Hu d ed
2026
E ds
With
New
Champio s

The
Hu d ed’s
2026
seaso
co cluded
with
Ma cheste
Supe
Gia ts
wi i g
thei
maide
me ‘s
title.

The
Ma cheste -based
f a chise
defeated
T e t
Rockets
by
five
wickets
i
the
me ‘s
fi al
at
Lo d’s
o
August
16.

The
wome ‘s
competitio
also
p oduced
a
fi st-time
champio ,
with
T e t
Rockets
beati g
Su ise s
Leeds
by
eight
wickets
at
Lo d’s.

The
latest
seaso
ma ked
a
majo
cha ge
fo
The
Hu d ed,
with
seve al
f a chises
u de goi g
ow e ship
cha ges
a d
bei g
eb a ded
followi g
i vestme ts
f om
g oups
associated
with
IPL
f a chises.

KKR
could
ow
be
waiti g
fo
the
ext
majo
oppo tu ity,
with
expa sio
pote tially
p ovidi g
the
oute
fo
the
K ight
Ride s
G oup
to
e te
the
competitio .

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