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Shah Rukh Khan’s Knight Riders Group acquires new Abu Dhabi franchise

The Knight Riders Group, which owns and operates IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders, has acquired the rights to own an Abu Dhabi-based franchise of the UAE T20 League. The team, christened Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, will participate in the country’s new T20 tournament that is expected to begin in June-July.

The UAE T20 League is a professional franchise-based T20 format cricket tournament with six franchise teams competing in a 34-match event. Four of the other teams are already owned by Indian firms namely the Adani Group, Capri Global, Reliance Strategic Business Ventures and the GMR group.

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