AGENCIES, NEW DELHI: Bengaluru FC’s switch to the Indian Super League (ISL) was prompted by their willingness to take on new challenges having set one benchmark after another in the I-League, club CEO Parth Jindal said on Wednesday.
The JSW group-owned Bengaluru FC, along with Tata Steel Limited, joined the ISL bandwagon after winning the bids for the two new teams.
“We’ve enjoyed tremendous success in the I-League in a very short span of time and the ISL will be a completely new challenge that we’re relishing. We’re really looking forward to new rivalries and the ISL experience as a whole,” Jindal said.
The official announcement of the increase in the number of teams in ISL from eight to 10 came amid uncertainty and discontent among I-League clubs regarding the domestic football structure chalked out by the All India Football Federation.
With the winner of ISL assured an AFC Cup berth, Jindal, felt the time was right to make the switch.
“We’ve been setting a benchmark in Indian football since the club’s inception four years ago, both on the pitch and off it.
