Automobile Giant & Fintech Start-up shows interest in Indian sponsorship after Dream11

After Dream11’s exit as the Indian cricket team’s sponsor, a lot is at stake for sure. The Asia Cup 2025 is around the corner and the team is left without a sponsor, after the ‘Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill’ was passed in the Parliament recently. But a new report in NDTV suggests that two big companies have shown their interest to become the sponsors for Team India.

Even though the BCCI has not floated any tender till now, the name of Toyota Motor Corporation and a Fintech start-up has cropped up. In fact, more money is expected from the previous Dream11 deal now. Prior to this, BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia had made it clear that they will follow all the laws.

“If it’s not permissible, we’ll not do anything. The BCCI will follow every policy of the country that is framed by the central government,” Saikia said. That said, the Indian team’s jersey with Dream11 printed on them is already ready, but they won’t be used now.

As far as the deal with Dream11 is concerned, they came onboard in 2023. The deal was worth INR 358 crore, in which INR 3 crore was reserved for each home match, while one crore was reserved for away matches. Meanwhile, at the Asia Cup 2025, Suryakumar Yadav’s men are slated to play a maximum of three matches against Pakistan.. but for that both teams will have to reach the final of the event.

A few days back, the Indian squad was announced for the tournament, and two likely contenders, Shreyas Iyer and Yashavi Jaiswal were left out; which has started a mini-debate on social media.

India Squad: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh