Rahul Dravid joins European T20 Premier League as Dublin franchise owner

Key facts

• Rahul Dravid is the owner of the Dublin Guardians franchise in the European T20 Premier League (ETPL).
• The ETPL is the first International Cricket Council (ICC) sanctioned multi-country franchise T20 competition in Europe, planned for a 2026 debut.
• The league is launched in partnership with Cricket Ireland, Cricket Scotland, and the Royal Dutch Cricket Association.
• The ETPL co-founders are Abhishek Bachchan, Saurav Banerjee, Priyanka Kaul, and Dhiraj Malhotra.
• The franchise ownership consists of Rahul Dravid (Dublin), Glenn Maxwell and Rohan Lund (Belfast), Kyle Mills, Nathan McCullum and Rachel Wiseman (Edinburgh), Vipul Aggarwal and Chris Gayle (Glasgow), Steve Waugh, Jamie Dwyer and Tim Thomas (Amsterdam), and Jonty Rhodes, Faf du Plessis, Glashin and Samir Shah with Madhukar Shree as managing partner (Rotterdam).