May 11 (Reuters) - Former India ⁠captain and coach Rahul Dravid has been named as ⁠a co-owner of the Dublin franchise in a ‌new European Twenty20 league, with the 53-year-old being part of an Indian consortium that acquired the team in the tournament set to launch in September.

Dravid, ​who has also played and coached in ⁠the Indian Premier League, ⁠is the latest former cricketer to be named among the ⁠owners in ‌the six-team European T20 Premier League (ETPL), which will also have teams based in Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow, ⁠Rotterdam and Amsterdam.

The the Irish capital side will ​be called the ‌Dublin Guardians, ETPL organisers said in a statement on ⁠Monday.

"Dublin already has ​a passionate cricketing community and enormous potential for growth. Nurturing the next generation has always been important to me, and I ⁠believe ETPL can play a meaningful role ​in that journey," Dravid said.

Former West Indies batter Chris Gayle co-owns the Glasgow franchise, while South Africans Faf du Plessis, Jonty ⁠Rhodes and Heinrich Klaasen formed a consortium to buy the Rotterdam team.

Former New Zealand internationals Nathan McCullum and Kyle Mills bought the Edinburgh side, and Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell is ​a co-owner of the Belfast franchise.

Former Australia ⁠captain Steve Waugh is part of the group that owns ​the Amsterdam franchise.

Backed by the cricket boards ‌of Ireland, Scotland and the ​Netherlands, the ETPL's founders include Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan.

(Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)