Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal has pitched for the creation of an IPL franchise from Bihar, asking, "Don't you think Bihar deserves an unparalleled team of its own, just like CSK, MI and KKR?" Citing the IPL performances of Ishan Kishan, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Sakib Hussain, he added on X, "The soil of Bihar has given the country many exceptional cricketers."