{"id":229230,"date":"2025-02-01T03:18:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T03:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/01\/desi-titans-of-tech-are-now-lords-of-cricket-cricket-news-the-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2025-02-01T03:18:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T03:18:17","slug":"desi-titans-of-tech-are-now-lords-of-cricket-cricket-news-the-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/01\/desi-titans-of-tech-are-now-lords-of-cricket-cricket-news-the-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Desi titans of tech are now Lords of cricket | Cricket News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-117811571,imgsize-115180,width-400,resizemode-4\/117811571.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Desi titans of tech are now Lords of cricket | Cricket News &#8211; The Times of India\" title=\"Desi titans of tech are now Lords of cricket | Cricket News &#8211; The Times of India\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cj2hz img_cptn\"><span title=\"(Clockwise from left) Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Times Internet Limited vice chairman Satyan Gajwani\">(Clockwise from left) Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Times Internet Limited vice chairman Satyan Gajwani<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"em strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">US-led consortium&#8217;s winning bid stood at \u00a3295 million<\/span><br \/>LONDON: A consortium of US-based Indian techies have won the bid to own 49% of <!-- -->The Hundred<!-- -->&#8216;s Lord&#8217;s franchise <!-- -->London Spirit<!-- -->.<br \/>Microsoft CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/satya-nadella\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Satya Nadella<\/a>, Google CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sundar-pichai\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Sundar Pichai<\/a>, Palo Alto Networks CEO <!-- -->Nikesh Arora<!-- -->, Times Internet Limited vice chairman <!-- -->Satyan Gajwani<!-- -->, Adobe CEO <!-- -->Shantanu Narayen<!-- -->, Silverlake Technology CEO Egon Durban, Sequoia&#8217;s Jim Goetz and two others are part of the consortium that participated in an e-auction process on Friday to grab the franchise.<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2\" msid=\"117811594\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-117811594,width-600,resizemode-4\/117811594.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Thursday, Reliance-led <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mumbai-indians\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Mumbai Indians<\/a> had won the bid to own The Hundred&#8217;s other London franchise Oval Invincibles.<br \/>Sources say the US-led consortium&#8217;s winning bid stood at \u00a3295 million.<br \/>Arora, Pichai and Narayen are known to be big cricket fans while Nadella co-owns Major League Cricket&#8217;s (MLC) franchise <!-- -->Seattle Orcas<!-- -->, and Gajwani owns and runs Willow TV, cricket&#8217;s biggest streaming platform in the west, as well as Cricbuzz website.<br \/>\u00a3295 million is the 100% bid value of which the consortium will pay 49%. 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