New Franchises City Kai Tak, HKI United To Beef Up Expanded Hong Kong T20 Blitz

City Kai Tak and HKI United will be the new franchises at next year’s expanded Hong Kong T20 Blitz, "with both teams promising to bring exciting cricket to the tournament with a mix of foreign and local players," according to Nazvi Careem of the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. City Kai Tak is the expansion team as the Blitz goes from four to five franchises, while HKI United takes over from Woodworm Warriors and is "owned by a husband and wife team who have an interest in Pakistan Super League champions Islamabad United." The group that owns City Kai Tak "sponsored Kowloon Cantons in the inaugural edition and has decided to form its own team upon learning a new franchise would be up for grabs." City Kai Tak part-Owner Alok Jain said, "Being a sponsor, we took a back seat and our interest was just financial. Being cricket enthusiasts we want to take a front seat and when a new franchise became available we decided to get a team ourselves" (SCMP, 11/28).