On Tuesday, the British newspaper ‘The Telegraph’  quoted Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) CEO Venky Mysore suggesting the IPL franchise will be keen to “explore” investment opportunities in ECB’s dream project, The Hundred.

Responding to the same, Venky Mysore did not entirely rule out the possibility of the same. He said that the IPL franchise will be”evaluating” investment opportunities if they are approached for ECB’s franchise league tournament. However, the KKR CEO clarified that the reports flocking in are just speculations.

“I know this story is going around. All I said was ‘if we are approached to consider investing in ‘The Hundred’, we will evaluate it’,” Mysore explained.

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Kolkata Knight Riders are 2 times IPL Champions that is owned by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan. Earlier, KKR  acquired the Caribbean Premier League side Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel in 2015. After renaming them as Trinbago Knight Riders, the team has been successful in winning consecutive CPL titles in 2017 and 2018 respectively.

“We are the biggest brand in IPL and perhaps the only global brand in cricket. So we can understand why leagues around the world would be interested in getting Knight Riders on board,” Mysore said.

‘The Hundred,’ as the name suggests is a 100 ball tournament that was ideated by the English Cricket Board.  The 100-ball competition, comprised of eight teams rather than the established 18 first-class counties, and designed to attract a ‘new audience’ was slated to begin from July 17 onwards.

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ECB chief executive Tom Harrison believes that if the upcoming season is wiped, ECB is expected to incur a loss of over 300 million. Earlier scheduled to begin in July, ‘the Hundred’ has now been postponed until 2021 due to the CoronaVirus pandemic.