European T20 Premier League: Is this cricket’s next growth market? Sport Business When Italy’s men secured their historic qualification for next year’s T20 World Cup earlier this summer, the cheers reached all the way to India. Over in the subcontinent, a group backed by Bollywood royalty toasted the news as proof of their belief that European cricket is a largely untapped well of talent – and, more [...]
Bollywood-backed European cricket league hires Oakvale Capital Sport Business The Bollywood-backed European T20 Premier League (ETPL) has hired London-based investment bank Oakvale Capital as organisers look to launch next year. ETPL, a collaboration between the cricket boards of Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands, had been due to debut this summer but the plans were shelved at a few weeks’ notice. Organisers have now hired [...]