Sunday, March 2, 2008

Sharukh, Preethi, Mallaya, Ambani win the Indian Premier League Bids

The most awaiting 20-20 cricket championship The Indian Premier League received a great response from top Indian actor Sharukh Khan, top industrialists like Mukesh Ambani and Vijay Mallaya who won the bids for the Indian Premier League.

Mukesh Ambani won over Vijay Mallaya for the team Mumbai for $111.9. However Mallaya got away with the Bangalore team for an amount of $111.6.

Sharukh Khan along with his friends Juhi grabbed the kokatha tem and Preethi Zinta along with her Boy friend Industrialist Ness Wadia grabbed the Mohali team.

The others who were in the list are Deccan Chronicle which grabbed the Hyderabad team, GMR which grabbed the Delhi team, Emerging media group which grabbed the Jaipur team.

The others who lost the bids were Sahara, future group, ICICI…

There were rumors that Sharukh was doing this to promote his films. When Modi was asked about it he replied that he loved the game and that’s why he invested in it, there is no question of promoting his films.

The IPL competition will start on April 18th. The matches will be broadcasted on Sony max and SET.


The Bid amounts for the teams are as follows:

Mukesh Ambani - $111.9 million for the Mumbai team.

Vijay Mallaya - $111.6 million for the Bangalore team.

Deccan Chronicle - $107 million for the team Hyderabad.

India Cements - $91 million for Chennai team.

GMR Group - $84 million for the Delhi team.

Sharukh Khan - $75.09 million for the Kolkatha team.

Preethi Zinta -$76 million for the Mohali team.

Emerging Media - $67 million for the Jaipur team.

Visit Arly's Blog for more information on Indian Premier League .

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