{
  "id": 271419,
  "title": "Steve Waugh to Rahul Dravid: All owners of European T20 Premier League listed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/steve-waugh-to-rahul-dravid-all-owners-of-european-t20-premier-league",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-07T16:24:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/steve-waugh-rahul-dravid-owners-162449298.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The debut season of the European T20 Premier League is on the horizon, set to commence from August 26 to September 20, 2026. This inaugural franchise T20 competition will be contested across two venues, Voorburg Cricket Club in the Netherlands and Malahide Cricket Club in Ireland, featuring six teams.\n\nThe Amsterdam Flames, led by Steve Waugh, Jamie Dwyer and Tim Thomas, will be competing. Mitchell Marsh, the current Australian T20 captain, will helm the team, which also includes Steve Smith and Tim David. The Belfast Wolves, owned by the Floodlight Capital Consortium, will be captained by Glenn Maxwell.\n\nIn Edinburgh, the Castle Rockers, owned by a consortium including former Black Caps players Kyle Mills and Nathan McCullum, will be captained by Mitchell Santner. Dublin's franchise, The Guardians, is owned by an Indian consortium led by Rahul Dravid, with Ravichandran Ashwin joining as captain and mentor.\n\nThe Rotterdam Dockers, featuring South African stars Faf du Plessis, Heinrich Klaasen and Jonty Rhodes, will be captained by Du Plessis. Lastly, the Glasgow Cosmic, co-owned by Matthew Hayden and Tansha Batra, will be led by John Abraham.",
  "summary": "The European T20 Premier League, backed by Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan and co-founded by Saurav Banerjee, Priyanka Kaul, and Dhiraj Malhotra, is set to kick off its debut season. The six-team league will be hosted by Voorburg Cricket Club in the Netherlands and Malahide Cricket Club in Ireland from August 26 to September 20, 2026. Notable owners include Steve Waugh, who leads the Amsterdam Flames alongside Jamie Dwyer and Tim Thomas, and Rahul Dravid, who is the co-owner of Dublin's franchise, The Guardians, with Ravichandran Ashwin as a mentor.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}