Pune and Rajkot have been declared as venues of two new franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL) season nine after the Sanjeev Goenka-owned New Rising consortium and mobile phone manufacturer Intex won their ownership rights. New Rising will have Pune as their home base, while Intex have opted for Rajkot.<p></p><p></p>The new franchises were chosen through a reverse bidding process, in which the New Rising bid Rs minus 16 crore while Intex quoted minus 10 crore to get the ownership. The two new teams had to be added the since the RM Lodha-led panel had earlier suspended Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) for two years in relation to the 2013 IPL corruption scandal.<p></p><p></p>The new franchises will now take part in a player draft on December 15, where both teams will pick five players each from a pool of CSK and RR players. Ever since the news of two new franchises broke out, #IPL2016 and #Rajkot started trending on Twitter. The twitterati showed keen interest in the proceedings and came up with both congratulatory as well as witty tweets. We bring to you some top tweets under the trend here:<p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p></p><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Welcome <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pune?src=hash">#Pune</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rajkot?src=hash">#Rajkot</a> to the <a href="https://twitter.com/IPL">@IPL</a> family, see you in the Cricket pitch! <a href="https://t.co/8ufr8Eosov">https://t.co/8ufr8Eosov</a></p><p></p> Delhi Daredevils (@DelhiDaredevils) <a href="https://twitter.com/DelhiDaredevils/status/674141064417046528">December 8, 2015</a></blockquote><p></p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script><p></p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p></p>Rajkot is selected as a new team <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IPL2016?src=hash">#IPL2016</a>--WelcomeToGujarat Very glad to hear that Thanks <a href="https://twitter.com/BCCI">@BCCI</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/IntexBrand">@IntexBrand</a> for this golden opportunity Sagar Patel (@patel_sagar_101) <a href="https://twitter.com/patel_sagar_101/status/674171775094095872">December 8, 2015</a><p></p></blockquote><p></p><p></p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p></p><p dir="ltr" lang="no">Bye bye Whistlepodu <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IPL2016?src=hash">#IPL2016</a></p><p></p> Unconvincingly (@daalrice) <a href="https://twitter.com/daalrice/status/674171385783181312">December 8, 2015</a></blockquote><p></p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script><p></p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p></p>Bc imagine Dhoni playing from pune! Rada hoil na? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IPL2016?src=hash">#IPL2016</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Auction?src=hash">#Auction</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Truffels17">@Truffels17</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/nachikamble">@nachikamble</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/IamAjinkya14">@IamAjinkya14</a> original_bandoo (@anuragpathak33) <a href="https://twitter.com/anuragpathak33/status/674174685140029440">December 8, 2015</a><p></p></blockquote><p></p><p></p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p></p><p dir="ltr" lang="hi">Rajkot Ki Team bhi aa Gyi.. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lucknow?src=hash">#Lucknow</a> ki bhi Banaao Koi ;) <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IPL2016?src=hash">#IPL2016</a></p><p></p> Lafanga Lucknowi (@Lucknowie) <a href="https://twitter.com/Lucknowie/status/674174016605810688">December 8, 2015</a></blockquote><p></p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script><p></p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p></p>Going to be rubbish without <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chennai?src=hash">#Chennai</a> franchise <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IPL2016?src=hash">#IPL2016</a> Arunprabhu (@Arunprabhu21) <a href="https://twitter.com/Arunprabhu21/status/674174007747284992">December 8, 2015</a><p></p></blockquote><p></p><p></p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p></p><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rajkot?src=hash">#Rajkot</a> team makes sense but please no Pune team in IPL. We don't want to see cheerleaders in saree like last time.</p><p></p> RJ Dipp (@TheRadioJoker) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRadioJoker/status/674175995734269952">December 8, 2015</a></blockquote><p></p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script><p></p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p></p>People of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rajkot?src=hash">#Rajkot</a> are happy because they will get to see Cheerleaders up, close and personal. Who cares about the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IPL?src=hash">#IPL</a> team, bhai. He-Man's Shoe! (@hparmekar) <a href="https://twitter.com/hparmekar/status/674175377292451840">December 8, 2015</a><p></p></blockquote><p></p><p></p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p></p><p dir="ltr" lang="en">After playing for <a href="https://twitter.com/rajasthanroyals">@rajasthanroyals</a>, Kochi Tuskers and <a href="https://twitter.com/ChennaiIPL">@ChennaiIPL</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/imjadeja">@imjadeja</a> could finally play for his real home team! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rajkot?src=hash">#Rajkot</a></p><p></p> Shiamak Unwalla (@ShiamakUnwalla) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShiamakUnwalla/status/674171507363287040">December 8, 2015</a></blockquote><p></p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script><p></p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p></p>I can't wait for New Rising versus Sun Risers. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IPL9?src=hash">#IPL9</a> Rick Eyre on cricket (@rickeyrecricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/rickeyrecricket/status/674163628866580481">December 8, 2015</a><p></p></blockquote><p></p><p></p><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script>
