John Abraham joins Rotterdam Dockers : The relationship between cricket and Bollywood is very interesting, where there is cricket there is entertainment too. Cricket and entertainment world together promise great entertainment. Many big Bollywood stars are the owners of cricket teams in the Indian Premier League. Kolkata Knight Riders is the team of King Khan Shahrukh Khan. Juhi Chawla and other film stars are also associated with his team. The co-owner of Punjab Kings is famous Bollywood actress Preity Zinta. Apart from this, Shilpa Shetty was also associated with the Rajasthan Royals team at one time.

Buying cricket teams and becoming their owners has now become a hobby of Bollywood stars. This also shows his love and affection for cricket. Now Bollywood actor John Abraham has also followed the same line. He has also taken stake in a team, which will soon be seen giving a dose of cricket to the fans. Now which team will John Abraham become the owner of? In which team has he invested? Let us know the complete details about this.

John Abraham becomes co-owner of Rotterdam Dockers

Actually, John Abraham has become the co-owner of Rotterdam Dockers. He is now going to be seen in the role of co-owner in this team. This team bought by John is one of the six franchises that will participate in the first European T20 Premier League to be held from August 26 to September 20. In this league, John Abraham, along with managing partner Madhukar Shree, will be seen in the leadership group of players like cricket star players Jonty Rhodes, Faf du Plessis and Heinrich Klaasen.

What did John say on becoming co-owner of Rotterdam?

After becoming the co-owner of this team, John Abraham said, ‘Cricket has the power to inspire, unite and create opportunities. This is what excites me about the European T20 Premier League. Europe is one of the most exciting growth markets for cricket. Rotterdam Dockers has the vision, leadership and ambition to build something truly special.

Welcoming John Abraham to Rotterdam Dockers, ETPL Co-Founder Abhishek Bachchan said, ‘John’s passion for the sport and his track record as a sports entrepreneur make him an excellent addition to the Rotterdam Dockers ownership group. The ETPL franchise ownership group includes stalwarts like Steve Waugh, Rahul Dravid, Jonty Rhodes, Matthew Hayden, Faf du Plessis and Heinrich Klaasen.

How many matches will be played between how many teams

Six franchise teams from the cities of Glasgow, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Dublin, Belfast and Rotterdam will participate in this league. A total of 32 matches will be played between all the teams in this tournament. During this time, you will get to see an exciting dose of cricket.

John is also the owner of this football franchise

Let us tell you that John Abraham also has a stake in a football franchise. He also played for NorthEast United FC in the Indian Super League (ISL) in 2014. He joined the founding owners of the franchise in 2014 itself. After this, in 2015, after buying out the stake of his partners, he acquired about 95% stake in the club and has been its main owner for a long time.

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