Dream 11 was the jersey sponsor of India before the government banned the betting applications in India. Apollo Tyres Bags Historic INR 579 Crore Team India Jersey Sponsorship. Currently, India is playing without a sponsor in the Asia Cup 2025, which is happening in the United Arab Emirates.
The deal is not yet official, as BCCI has not announced on its official website, but a senior official of the BCCI confirmed that Apollo Tyres will be the jersey sponsor for India for the next three years. This amount is more than what Dream 11 was offering to the Indian Cricket Team as their sponsorship amount.
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Apollo Tyres Bags Historic INR 579 Crore Team India Jersey Sponsorship, Beats Dream11’s Deal by 62%
The deal between Apollo Tyres and the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) will be for the next three years, that is, from 2025 to 2027. During this time, the Indian team will get around Rs 4.5 crores in the bilateral game. Basically, Dream 11 used to give around Rs 4 crores.
During this cycle, India will play more than 130 matches, which also includes the ICC tournaments such as the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup, ICC ODI World Cup 2027, and many other events as well.
For each ICC event match, Rs 1.72 crore will be paid. A total of around Rs 579 crores will be paid as the sponsorship fees for the cycle. It is almost Rs 180 crores more than what Dream 11 used to pay.
India will basically start wearing the jersey featuring Apollo Tyres as their sponsor from the West Indies series. Basically, the series starts on the 2nd of October. Before that, we will see India
A featuring the new sponsors in their three-match series with Australia A. There were other companies as well that had given a bid for the sponsorship. Canva and JK cements were the companies.
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