The T20 Challenge is not nearly as big a deal as the aborted T20 Global League it will replace, but for the sponsors it’s "perfect". Ram‚ the courier company that returned as the T20 Challenge’s title backer on Tuesday having withdrawn its support in September 2016, focuses its business on SA. So its interest in remaining a sponsor waned when it learnt that the T20 Global League‚ which was to have started on November 3 and would have overshadowed the T20 Challenge‚ would be targeted at a foreign audience. It would also have been more expensive. "We were told the new format would be an international event and would warrant more sponsorship and more money and we couldn’t afford it‚" said David Lazarus‚ Ram Hand to Hand Couriers’ executive chairman. "As a domestic tournament it’s perfect for us." A domestic tournament is what the T20 Challenge‚ which starts on Friday‚ will be in the wake of the T20 Global League being halted in its tracks. In fact, Lazarus will get more bang for his bu...
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