IPL Team Owners

IPL Teams Owners

The IPL teams and their owners:

Kolkata Knight Riders:

• Owned by ShahRukh Khan, the bollywood king, actress Juhi Chawla along with her husband Jay Mehta, in partnership.
• Sourav Ganguly, captain.
• Australia’s John Buchanan, as coach.

Bangalore Royal Challengers:

• In possession of Vijay Mallya’s UB Group.
• Rahul Dravid, captain.
• Venkatesh Prasad (Team India’s bowling coach), coach.

Delhi Daredevils:

• GMR Holdings,owner.
• Virender Sehwag, captain.
• Australia’s Greg Shipperd, coach.

Chennai Super Kings:

• India Cements, proprietor.
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni, captain.
• South Africa captain, Kepler Wessels (former), coach.

Mumbai Indians:

• Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries, possessor.
• Sachin Tendulkar, captain.
• Former Team India manager, Lalchand Rajput, coach.

Kings XI Punjab:

• Preity Zinta with her boyfriend Ness Wadia, owner, together with Karan Paul and Mohit Burman (recognized industrialists).
• Yuvraj Singh, captain.
• Australia’s Tom Moddy, coach.

Deccan Chargers:

• bought by Deccan Chronicle, a media house.
• VVS Laxman, captain.
• Robin Singh (India’s fielding coach), coach.

Rajasthan Royals:

• Purchased by Emerging Media (UK-based company).
• Australian spin bowler Shane Warne(former) serves as both captain and coach.

The IPL team owners, coming from such a wide ambit of fields ranging from multi-national firm owners to film divas, itself represents the cricket craziness among Indians!