Apollo Tyres has been locked in as the brand new jersey sponsor for the Indian cricket workforce. | Photo Credit: AP

Apollo Tyres has been locked in as the brand new jersey sponsor for the Indian cricket workforce following the exit of on-line recreation platform Dream11, a senior BCCI official advised PTI on Tuesday (September 16, 2025).

The BCCI was left with out a shirt sponsor for the workforce after the federal government banned actual cash gaming platforms together with Dream 11 beneath a brand new laws.

The workforce is at the moment enjoying the Asia Cup in Dubai with out a title sponsor.

“The deal has been signed with Apollo Tyres. We will announce it quickly,” stated a senior BCCI official.

It is reliably learnt that the three-year deal is valued at ₹579 crore, greater than the ₹358 crore settlement with Dream 11 for a similar length. The cope with the tyre main covers 121 bilateral video games and 21 ICC video games.

Dream 11 shut down its actual cash video games as a result of ‘Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act 2025’, which states that “no particular person shall provide any, help, abet, induce, indulge, have interaction in providing on-line cash gaming providers nor shall contain in any commercial which straight or not directly promotes any particular person to play any on-line cash recreation”.

The BCCI had launched the invitation for Express of Interest for the workforce’s lead sponsor rights earlier this month, confirming that there might be no shirt sponsor for the continuing Asia Cup.

The Board had barred corporations dealing in actual cash gaming, cryptocurrency, tobacco, and alcohol from the method.

Apollo Tyres is a multinational firm headquartered in Gurugram. The tyre maker has manufacturing items in India and overseas, together with Europe.

Published – September 16, 2025 03:55 pm IST