This article contains information about the organisations serving as official sponsors and partners to the Indian Premier League (IPL) for its 2025 season.
Title Sponsor: TATA Sons
When it initially took over the IPL title sponsorship rights from Vivo in 2022, the TATA Group and the IPL had agreed upon a two-year deal reportedly worth INR 670 crore.
In January 2024, TATA Sons secured the IPL title rights for the next five years (2024–28), reportedly renewing its association with a record-breaking sum of INR 2,500 crore.
Official Partners
My11Circle
My11Circle, an Indian fantasy sports brand endorsed by Sourav Ganguly and Shubman Gill among others, surprised many by making a substantial investment in the IPL in February 2024.
My11Circle pipped rival brand Dream11 to become the IPL’s official partner in the fantasy sports category with a winning bid of INR 625 crore. Dream11, which had bid INR 515 crore, was one of the incumbent official partners.
According to Cricbuzz, Dream11 submitted a bid of INR 515 crore for five seasons (INR 103 crore per season), while My11 Circle’s bid amounted to INR 625 crore (INR 125 crore per season) for the same period.
Angel One
In February 2024, Angel One, an Indian stockbroker, pipped rival company Groww in the IPL’s online stock trading sponsorship category with a winning bid of INR 410 crore against the latter’s bid of INR 380 crore, according to Cricbuzz. The deal will be valid until 2028.
RuPay
In February 2024, RuPay, an online financial and payment system, became the third official partner with a bid of INR 210 crore on a three-year multi-year deal. RuPay did not face any competition in the category.
Official Umpire Partner: Wonder Cement
In May 2024, The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) signed Wonder Cement as the official umpire partner for the IPL.
The deal was reportedly worth INR 250 Crores and will run until 2028.
Strategic Timeout Partner: Ceat
In February 2024, Indian multinational tyre manufacturing company Ceat, the flagship company of the RPG Group, secured the slot for the Strategic Timeout Partner with a five-year deal reportedly worth INR 240 crore (INR 48 crore per year until 2028).
Broadcast Partner: Star Sports
In 2017, Star India won the total broadcasting rights for the IPL. The deal was for a period of five years that ran from IPL 2018 until IPL 2022.
Star has since then acquired only the television broadcasting rights for the 2023–27 IPL cycle, with Viacom18 bagging the online streaming rights.
Digital Streaming Partner: JioStar
After Viacom18 won the exclusive digital rights for the IPL for the 2023–27 cycle by paying a whopping US$2.7 billion, it was announced that the IPL 2023 matches would be streamed for free on the company’s JioStar platform.
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