{"id":171304,"date":"2026-05-23T11:07:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=171304"},"modified":"2026-05-23T11:07:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:37:31","slug":"franchise-owners-of-inaugural-tg20-edition-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=171304","title":{"rendered":"Franchise owners of inaugural TG20 edition confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71015366\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) on Saturday announced the founding franchise owners for the inaugural edition of TG20, the state\u2019s maiden franchise-based T20 league.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural edition will feature eight teams, with talks ongoing to broadcast the tournament live on TV and online. Additionally, Prasanna Kannan, former chief executive officer of Tamil Nadu Premier League, has been appointed as the league\u2019s CEO.<\/p>\n<p>HCA secretary M. Jeevan Reddy remarked that TG20 will lay the foundations of a long-term cricketing ecosystem in the State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis marks a defining moment in Telangana cricket history. We are delighted to welcome franchise partners who believe in this vision and are committed to building something truly special for Telangana,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The team from Hyderabad, bought by Ushodaya Enterprises Pvt. Ltd., emerged as the costliest team, at Rs. 7,50,01,000. The team from Khamma, bought by Anvita Group, went for the lowest amount (Rs. 4,44,44,444).<\/p>\n<p>The other six teams will be based out of Ranga Reddy (Rs. 7,20,00,000, Boorugu Infra\/Pranava), Warangal (Rs. 6,55,00,000, Bain Global Resources Pvt. Ltd.), Medak (Rs. 6,33,33,369, M\/S Bhrunda Infra Pvt. Ltd.), Nalgonda (Rs. 5,06,00,000, Kishore Infrastructures Pvt. Ltd.), Karimnagar (Rs. 4,57,00,000, EIPL Group &amp; Tibarumal) and Mahabubnagar (Rs. 4,50,00,000, Veerabhadra Steels).<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on May 23, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/telangana-tg20-franchise-owners-confirmed-list-of-teams-announced-hyderabad-cricket-association\/article71015366.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) on Saturday announced the founding franchise owners for the inaugural edition of TG20, the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":171305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NGP7101.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":176305,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=176305","url_meta":{"origin":171304,"position":0},"title":"Siraj, Tilak headline inaugural TG20 League auction","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) on Wednesday announced that the auction for the inaugural TG20 league will be held on June 7 at Ramoji Film City. 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