IPL Preview - Chennai Super Kings

Team Owner: India Cements

One of the leading cement manufacturing companies, India Cements Ltd. was established in 1946 and the first plant was set up at Sankarnagar in Tamil Nadu in 1949. The company has since witnessed rapid growth in its stature, to seven plants spread over Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. They are the largest producers of cement in South India and has nearly 28% market share in that part of the country. Being the major corporate entity in the south with a turnover of around Rs.1200 crore, the company’s activities now span cement, sugar, trading and finance.

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IPL Preview - Bangalore Royal Challengers

Team Owner: Vijay Mallya

Son of the industrialist Vittal Mallya, Vijay Mallya was elected the chairman of the UB Group in October 1983. Since then, he has followed a process of defining a corporate structure with performance accountability, inducting professional management and consolidating the empire into individual operating divisions. Apart from being a dogged businessman, he also has a passion for cars, car racing and sports. He is the first Indian to own a Formula One team, named Force India. From East Bengal to Mohun Bagan to United Racing and Blodd Stock Breeders horse racing company, Mallya’s kitty is filled with various sporting clubs.

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