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Sundar Raman holds 12.5% stake in upcoming SA T20 League: Report

Last updated : May 09, 2022 20:05

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May 06, 2022 21:05

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MUMBAI: From "brain behind" to stakeholder. Onwards and upwards it is for Sundar Raman, former COO of the Indian Premier League.

Last heard, the upcoming six-team T20 league that the Emirates Cricket Board is promoting was his "brainchild".

The latest on Raman is that he holds a 12.5% stake in a company that Cricket South Africa has set up in partnership with southern Africa's dominant sportscaster SuperSport to re-launch its ambitious franchise-based T20 league.

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