Ajay Sethi, chairman of Channel 2, wants to own an Indian Premier League team. The Dubai-based Indian has been in the cricket business for a long time and his radio channel has the rights for all ICC events until 2023 after signing an eight-year deal in 2016. The company also recently launched a cricket app. Sethi, who started out in Dubai in the automobile spare parts market, admitted the IPL is attractive to him as a businessman, while word is he is in talks to purchase a team. Sethi, who hails from Chandigarh, already owns the St Lucia Zouks in the Caribbean Premier League. The North American market was the goal in that deal, with the number of cricket fans in Canada and America making it a worthwhile venture.
He also keeps a careful eye on cricket in the UAE. Recently, Sethi opened a t-lounge at Ibn Battuta Mall that is co-owned by former Pakistan cricket team captain Rameez Raja. Sethi has said that as many as eight more t-lounge outlets will be opened in the UAE in the next three years. Sethi, who says he is a dreamer, has credited much of his success to his wife.
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