Delhi Capitals Co-Owner GMR Group Yet to Finalize Sydney Capitals BBL Deal

GMR Group, co-owner of the Delhi Capitals, is yet to decide on expanding to Australia. GMR has made progress in English cricket after purchasing a 56% stake in Hampshire County Cricket Club and could soon enter The Hundred through Southern Brave.

Additionally, there are speculations about GMR joining the Big Bash League (BBL). The group visited Sydney in January and met with Cricket New South Wales (CNSW) though. However, PKSV Sagar, president of GMR Sports Ventures Pvt Ltd, said the visit was informal and nothing more.

“An opportunity came up to be in Sydney, so we went to see the Test (fifth and final Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test at the SCG). We got introduced to various people during the match and we just went around and saw what was there. They (NSW officials) told us, ‘why don’t you see the facilities? So we went around and looked at the facilities’. But otherwise, everything else that’s being talked about is premature,” PKSV Sagar told Cricbuzz.

GMR has a strong presence in cricket leagues all over the world through having teams in the UAE’s ILT20 (Dubai Capitals), South Africa’s SA20 (Pretoria Capitals), the USA’s Major League Cricket (Seattle Orcas), and in India in the IPL and WPL (Delhi Capitals and Delhi Capitals Women). They also have a major stake in Hampshire County Cricket Club. Despite this global reach, GMR has no immediate plans to step into Australia or the Big Bash League (BBL).

“So even to conclude that anything will come out of it is speculative. We are honestly all over the world. As I said, our vision is cricket outside India. We would analyze if something comes up in due course,” PSKV Sagar added.