Overview

• Multiple outlets cite The Telegraph in reporting that the Oval-based Hundred team is expected to take the MI London name for the sixth season.
• The change has not been confirmed in writing, with Insidesport noting the Reliance–Surrey agreement is still being finalized.
• Reliance’s MI group is reported to have bought a 49% stake in the franchise in a deal valuing it at about £123 million.
• Surrey had pushed to retain a county-linked identity, but reports highlight an ECB policy that bars county names in Hundred team titles.
• A rebrand would extend MI’s global portfolio of teams and would create a second London-branded side in the competition alongside London Spirit.