On 21 January 2014, IPTL announced that one of the charter franchises for the league's inaugural 2014 season would be based in Singapore.
[1][2] The team was founded by Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar and international business executives Kishan Gehlot, Shashi Kiran Shetty, Avi Bhojani, and Ajay Sethi.
Gehlot is the chairman of East African real estate development and healthcare conglomerate Intex Group.
[4] The Singapore franchise participated in the IPTL inaugural draft on 2 March 2014, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
[11] On 7 November 2014, IPTL announced it had reached an agreement for the Singapore television broadcasting rights with SingTel.