Manchester Originals rechristened to Manchester Super Giants as they will be addressed that way from 2026 onwards.
Beginning in 2026, the Manchester Originals will be rebranded as the Manchester Super Giants.
Earlier in February this year, Sanjiv Goenka, the owner of the Durban Super Giants and the Lucknow Super Giants, purchased a 107 million GBP stake in the team. It remains to be seen if the franchise would adopt the Super Giants’ blue colour scheme instead of the Originals’ black.
In order to capitalise on the competition’s attractiveness, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) opted to privatise The Hundred and draw in outside investment last year. Goenka’s RPSG Group will acquire the Manchester-based franchise. Additionally, Goenka was said to have successfully repelled interest from two additional unidentified IPL teams.
In addition to the two cricket teams, Goenka is the owner of the Kolkata-based Indian football team Mohun Bagan FC.
Jos Buttler, Phil Salt, Heinrich Klaasen, and most recently, James Anderson, are all part of the Manchester Originals men’s team. The lineups of the women’s squad, which includes Sophie Ecclestone, Beth Mooney, Amelia Kerr, and Deandra Dottin, are strong and talented.
The women’s squad has never made it to the playoffs in the tournament’s history, whereas the men’s team of the Originals finished second in 2022 and 2023.
At the time of finalizing the deal, Goenka had seen a high potential in coming together with Lancashire Cricket and delivering good quality cricket for a long period of time. “We respect the legacy of Lancashire Cricket and we welcome Manchester Originals to our RPSG family,” Goenka said. “We are committed to developing a deep bond with the players, support team and the whole community at large. We believe in excellence and see a huge potential to deliver good quality cricket for generations to come.”
Manchester Originals Chair, James Sheridan, believed that partnering with RPSG Group meant that they could compete at a much higher level with the IPL as the inspiration.
“We want to offer our fans an experience never before seen in English cricket – looking to the IPL, and other major sports, for inspiration, as we take our match day and fan experience to a completely different level. Whether in stadia or via digital channels, Manchester will be the team to follow in The Hundred as we will look to bring the world’s top cricket stars, both female and male, to Manchester every August and provide sporting entertainment of the highest level to the people of Manchester and the wider North West.”