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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rory Dollard

Yorkshire set to sell entire Hundred stake in reported £100m deal

Adil Rashid and Harry Brook play for the Northern Superchargers (Richard Sellers/PA) - (PA Wire)

Yorkshire are set to become the first county to sell an entire 100 per-cent stake in their Hundred team, after agreeing a reported £100million deal with the owners of Indian Premier League franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Kalanithi Maran’s Sun Group, which also owns Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the South Africa’s T20 league, saw off rival bidders for an initial 49 per cent of the Headingley-based outfit.

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