Rahul Dravid joins Glenn Maxwell and Steve Waugh in buying a T20 team in this league

Indian batting great Rahul Dravid has become the latest to invest in the European T20 league as he was named as a co-owner of the Dublin franchise on Monday. Dravid is part of an Indian consortium that acquired the European T20 league franchise.

The European T20 league is set to launch in September.

European T20 league owners

Dublin franchise: Rahul Dravid

Belfast franchise - Glenn Maxwell & Rohan Lund

Edinburgh franchise - Kyle Mills, Nathan McCullum & Rachel Wiseman

Glasgow franchise - Vipul Aggarwal & Chris Gayle

Amsterdam franchise – Steve Waugh, Jamie Dwyer & Tim Thomas

Rotterdam franchise – Jonty Rhodes, Faf du Plessis, Glashin & Samir Shah, with Madhukar Shree as Managing Partner

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Dravid, who has also played and coached in the Indian Premier League, is the latest former cricketer to be named among the owners in the six-team European T20 Premier League (ETPL), which will also have teams based in Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Rotterdam and Amsterdam.

The Irish capital side will be called the Dublin Guardians, ETPL organisers said in a statement on Monday.

"Dublin already has a passionate cricketing community and enormous potential for growth. Nurturing the next generation has always been important to me, and I believe ETPL can play a meaningful role in that journey," Dravid said.

Former West Indies batter Chris Gayle co-owns the Glasgow franchise, while South Africans Faf du Plessis, Jonty Rhodes and Heinrich Klaasen formed a consortium to buy the Rotterdam team.

Former New Zealand internationals Nathan McCullum and Kyle Mills bought the Edinburgh side, and Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell is a co-owner of the Belfast franchise.

Former Australia captain Steve Waugh is part of the group that owns the Amsterdam franchise.

Backed by the cricket boards of Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands, the ETPL's founders include Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan.

With agency inputs