LONDON: Indian billionaires Sanjiv Goenka and Mukesh Ambani have put in opening bids for multiple franchises in the Hundred, TOI can confirm. Both billionaires offered bids to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in the first round of bidding last Friday to buy stakes in multiple teams, insiders said.
Others believed to have bid in the first round include the Glazer siblings, who own a majority stake in Manchester United and the director of Chelsea Football Club Jonathan Goldstein.