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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Matt Hughes

The Hundred can be a ‘multibillion-dollar product’ like the IPL, says Tech Titans chief

General view inside Lord's during the Hundred game between London Spirit and Oval Invincibles
The women and men of London Spirit took on their Oval Invincibles counterparts in the first two games of the Hundred season. Photograph: Keeran Marquis/SPP/Shutterstock

The leader of the Tech Titans consortium that has bought 49% of London Spirit believes the Hundred will become a multibillion-dollar competition to rival the Indian Premier League.

Nikesh Arora, the chief executive of the American cybersecurity company Palo Alto, was at Lord’s on Tuesday for the first two games in this season’s competitions, as the women and men of London Spirit took on their Oval Invincibles counterparts. He was joined by 15 other members of the Silicon Valley-based group, which includes the chief executives of Google, Microsoft and YouTube.

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