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India Cricket Team might have a new sponsor from the series against the West Indies. Byju who has been the sponsor of the team kit since the advent of COVID-19 won't be able to sponsor anymore. Apparently, the company has been facing losses in the last few months. Not to forget, a lot of tech companies that rose to fame and money during the pandemic, are now facing losses.
This is the reason why the edutech company, Byju's has pulled out of the sponsorship. Meanwhile, there was a doubt whether the deal with a well-known fantasy company will be done before West Indies vs India series. However, as reported by News18, the deal has been completed and the team will sport that fantasy company-laden kit in the ODI and T20I series.
Byju’s paid around Rs 287 Cr for the last tenure in 2018. The ed-tech company later extended the deal to 2023, paying around $55 million or Rs 450 Cr. Under the deal, Byju’s was paying Rs 5.5 crore for bilateral matches and Rs 1.7 Cr for a game under the Governing Body of Cricket. The for the drop in price is that in major tournaments, teams are not allowed to sport the sponsor’s logo on the front of the jersey.
India's squad for Test, and ODI series
Tests squad:- Rohit Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Yashasvi Jaiswal, KS Bharat, Ishan Kishan, R Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Mohd. Siraj, Jaydev Unadkat, Navdeep Saini, and Mukesh Kumar.
ODI squad:- Rohit Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Shardul Thakur, Surya Kumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Mohd. Siraj, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, R Jadeja, and Umran Malik.
This is how Twitter reacted
yehi baaki tha
— Anand Abhirup 📌 🧡 🦩 (@SanskariGuruji) June 30, 2023
We won, but at what cost ??
— Pranav (@Pranavad_45) June 30, 2023
Byju's ke baad aaya bhi to kon 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/jJ6drLlfVi
“Sb dream XI me team banayege to World cup kon jitega”
— Vipin Tiwari (@vipintiwari952) June 30, 2023
From Byjus to Dream11 what a downgrade 🤮
— Husain 🏴 (@husain_tweets18) June 30, 2023
Here before thala pic.twitter.com/8VrHL4J2Kv
— Yash. (@yashhverse) June 30, 2023
What a Shameful Moment in Indian cricket History!! Absolutely terrible advert for this beautiful game of ours. Supreme court must intervene and Ban BCCI asap.
— Ankit (@cricholic90) June 30, 2023
Mission failed successful
— 𝐍𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐚𝐚⁴⁵ 🦋💫 (@RofiedNeha) June 30, 2023
Both Dream Xi and Adidas are sponsoring Rohit Sharma
— Kee_n❤️ (@criclovin) June 30, 2023
If byju was bad then it is worst 🤮🤮🤮
— Vector (@AnIrf_0) June 30, 2023
As a big reputed board BCCI is they shld have gone with some big well known trusted brand. The last they had good & long dearly brand was Sahara after that it's been crap with ppl selling or buying sponsorships coz of their financial conditions.
— Lord Voldemort (@Smart_Ladka) June 30, 2023
Another L for BCCI !!