JetSynthesys sells Bengaluru team for e-cricket league to Nikhil Kamath, others; seven more on the b
JetSynthesys, a digital gaming and entertainment company, has sold its Global e-Cricket Premier League (GEPL) Bengaluru team to Nikhil Kamath (co-founder, Zerodha), Ankit Nagori (founder, Curefoods), and Prashant Prakash (founding partner, Accel India). The firm is set to auction seven franchises for the second season of GEPL.The first season of GEPL, which was held in June 2023, saw more than 200,000 players registering, with the top 64 competing across eight teams in 56 league matches and four playoff games. The finals, held at Pune, attracted over 2,000 live attendees. The matches were streamed on JioCinema, generating over 1.1 million minutes of watch time. Overall, the league’s reach exceeded 70 million viewers.
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