JETSYNTHESYS HAS announced playback singer Sonu Nigam as the owner of the Kolkata Hawks and gaming personality Scout (Tanmay Singh) as the owner of the Gujarat Wolves for GEPL Season 3.
The expanded eight-team competition will be held at the Jairaj Sports & Convention Centre in Pune from August 1 to August 9, broadcast on Star Sports and JioHotstar, with a prize pool of Rs 3.1 crore.
Returning franchise owners include Peyush Bansal (Delhi Sharks), Nikhil Kamath, Ankit Nagori and Prashanth Prakash (Bengaluru Badgers), Sara Tendulkar (Mumbai Grizzlies), Suniel Shetty (Pune Stallions), and Amit Mehta (Hyderabad Rhinos), a media release said.
Powered by Real Cricket, the world’s most downloaded mobile cricket simulation game with over 400 million lifetime downloads, GEPL Season 3 will be broadcast across Star Sports and JioHotstar from August 1. This season carries a prize pool of ₹3.1 crore.
Having generated over 174 million impressions and 910,000 player interests in Season 2, GEPL enters its third season with unprecedented momentum. The addition of Sonu Nigam and Scout further strengthens a distinguished ownership group as the league continues to build a globally relevant e-cricket IP and a career-defining platform for India’s esports athletes, the release added.
