BCCI vice chairman Rajiv Shukla on Saturday (September 13, 2025) stated the brand new jersey sponsor of the Indian cricket workforce will be finalised in the subsequent two to a few weeks, with bids scheduled to shut on September 16.
Team India is with out a shirt sponsor in the continuing Asia Cup after the BCCI’s cope with on-line gaming firm Dream11, value ₹358 crore per yr, was minimize brief following the enactment of the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, which banned real-money gaming functions.
The BCCI has since floated a brand new tender that bars corporations concerned in real-money gaming, betting, cryptocurrency, or alcoholic merchandise from bidding.
“The tender process has been released and there are a lot of bidders. We will tell you after it’s finalised. I think it will be finalised in 15-20 days,” stated Shukla at an occasion organised by realtors’ apex physique CREDAI in Singapore.
Asked if any identify had emerged as a frontrunner, Shukla added: “No, there is no name yet. There are a lot of bidders. We will tell you after it’s finalised.”
Shukla additionally spoke concerning the latest GST hike on IPL tickets, which now locations them in the 40% slab, alongside casinos and race golf equipment.
As a outcome, a ₹500 ticket will now value ₹700 and a ₹2,000 ticket will go as much as ₹2,800. Regular worldwide and home matches will proceed to draw 18% GST.
“I am seeing that a lot of common people come to watch IPL. It will definitely have an impact. But I am hopeful that a lot of people will come to watch IPL,” he stated.
On criticism that the BCCI enjoys tax exemptions, Shukla responded: “BCCI pays income tax like a corporate company. It also pays GST. We don’t have any exemptions.”
“We pay thousands of crores of taxes. State associations also pay taxes. And we never take a single rupee grant from the government.”
On the expansion of ladies’s cricket, Shukla stated: “A lot of efforts are being made… The only challenge is that the stadium should be full.”
“Women should also come to watch the game. From our side we are doing everything. The salary is also at par.
“We are selling ladies, organising tournaments, all services are being offered. The solely factor is that folks ought to come and watch ladies’s video games.”
