Lancashire have secured the IPL partner they wanted to run Manchester Originals as a joint venture, with Sanjiv Goenka's RPSG Group submitting the highest bid for a stake in the Hundred franchise on Monday.

RPSG Group has secured a stake in Manchester Originals, with the deal said to represent the first sell-off of a majority interest in a franchise competing in the Hundred.

The Hundred is a short-form professional cricket league in the UK, organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), where each team faces 100 balls.

Sanjiv Goenka's RPSG Group, the owners of Indian Premier League side Lucknow Super Giants, on Monday won the race to partner Lancashire to run The Hundred franchise, Manchester Originals.RPSG Group came up with the highest bid to secure a 49 per cent stake in the franchise,

The RPSG Group secured a 49 per cent stake in the Manchester-based franchise with the highest bid, reportedly worth £116 million.

In a significant move that reinforces the growing influence of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises in global cricket, RP-Sanjiv

RPSG Group, which had made an unsuccessful bid for London Spirit earlier, finally secured a stake in the Manchester-based Hundred side reportedly for around 116 million pounds

RPSG Group, owned by Sanjiv Goenka and IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants' owner, is set to acquire a 70% stake in Manchester Originals for £107 million. This move follows RPSG's recent unsuccessful bid for London Spirit and marks an expansion for RPSG in English cricket.

Sanjiv Goenka's RPSG Group already owns Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League and Durban Super Giants in the SA20. The Group has now secured stakes in Hundred franchise Manchester Originals.

The RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group has acquired a 70 percent stake in the Manchester Originals cricket franchise for approximately 75 million pounds. This transaction marks the first time a majority stake has been bought in a Hundred franchise.