Will IPL Teams Owning Stakes In Hundred Impact Pakistan Players? Here's What ECB Said

The Hundred will now have Indian co-owners of 50% of the teams. Four of the eight teams are now co-owned by entities that also own franchises in the richest cricket league in the world, the Indian Premier League (IPL). However, they don’t only own teams in the IPL, but also in Major League Cricket (MLC), International League T20 (ILT20) and SA20.

One thing that is common between the teams owned by IPL wonders in all three leagues is that they don’t sign players from Pakistan. Pakistani players have not been part of the IPL since the inaugural season in 2008. SA20 coincides with the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and ILT20 and MLC have other teams that are owned by non-IPL owners as well. So some Pakistani players get to be a part of those leagues. 

So what will happen to The Hundred teams? Will there also be a practice of IPL co-owned teams not picking Pakistani players? The answer to that so far is NO, as per England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive Richard Gould. 

"We're aware of that in other regions, but that won't be happening here,” Gould was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo about Pakistani players being banned in The Hundred. 

Here are the IPL team owners who own some stakes in The Hundred:

RPSG Group (owners of Lucknow Super Giants) have a stake in Manchester Originals  

Sun TV Network Limited (Sunrisers Hyderabad) own the Northern Superchargers

Reliance Industries Limited (Mumbai Indians) have claimed a stake in Oval Invincibles

GMR Group (co-owners of Delhi Capitals) have a stake in Hampshire, which own the Southern Brave, respectively.