With the Asia Cup 2025 all ready to start, the biggest stars in India, including Suryakumar Yadav, Shubman Gill and others, the India Jersey team with 'India' will be attracted to look bigger and brighter. This is because Team India will compete in the tournament without a main sponsor, reported Hindustan Times.
After Fantasy Sports Platform Dream11, the development came its contract with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in August and cited government regulations that have disrupted its core model.
It is not the first time that Indian players would hit the ground that the sweater of India would enter into without a title sponsor, because the ICC does not allow teams to use title sponsors during world events.
Dream11's premature exit
The premature exit of Fantasy Sports Platform Dream11 as the title sponsor of Team India is followed by the latest legislation of the Indian Government-de Promotion and regulation of online gaming account that is from the real money.
Dream11 called on an exit clause in his agreement with the BCCI to formally withdraw. Earlier in 2023, Dream11 signed around $ 44 million ( £358 Crore) Sponsor Deal that was originally set to walk until 2026.
New sponsor deal
In the meantime, the BCCI has moved quickly to fill the empty title sponsorship by initiating a new round of bid.
On Tuesday, BCCI published an “invitation to tender” (ITT), in which the interest (EOIS) is called for the main sponsorship rights of the team. According to the document, interested companies can buy the ITT until 12 September, with final bids on 16 September.
With the Asia Cup from 9 September, however, the Indian team will probably start their campaign without sponsor fire on their kits. In 2019, Oppo took off halfway through the contract, as a result of which the board was asked about rope in Ed-Tech firm Byju's, who eventually made way for Dream11, added Ht.
In the ITT, the BCCI has strictly sketched eligible criteria, which are excluded from companies related to alcohol, gambling or gambling services, cryptocurrency, online money gaming, tobacco products or other offers that are offensive for public morality – such as pornography – of submitting bids.
Asia Cup 2025
The cricket team of the Indian men is planned to leave for the United Arab Emirates on 4 September. India is grouped in group A next to Pakistan, De Vae and Oman.
India plays their first match against the VAE on 10 September in Dubai, followed by a High-Stakes collision against Pakistan on 14 September at the same location.
Their last group stage will be against Oman in Abu Dhabi on September 19.
Group B contains Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka. The top two teams of each group go to the Super Four phase, which will determine the finalists for the confrontation on 28 September.
