The bid follows RCBs breakout successes: their first IPL title in 2025 and back-to-back Womens Premier League (WPL) wins, skyrocketing the franchises value.

With the IPL 2026 season a few weeks away, RCB's Chinnaswamy Stadium crisis has yet to reach a permanent solution.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) has changed cricket forever. While it made players rich through match fees and contracts, it also turned cricketers into global celebrities and marketing powerhouses. For several IPL stars,

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sweta Kaushal writes about Bollywood and Indian films. Mar 21, 2025, 02:26am EDT Captains of all ten participating teams pose with the IPL 2025 trophy. The cricket-series is set to begin ...

Ravichandran Ashwin had left all his roles at Chennai Super Kings during the off-season with the aim of pursuing overseas T20 leagues

Karnataka grants conditional permission for RCB to host IPL matches at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, pending safety compliance after last year's stampede.

This is where the Super Bowl trumps IPL hands down due to the USA being a bigger economy. Despite far lesser viewership, the advertising rates for the Super Bowl are much higher, while it stood at around Rs 90 lakh for the 2025 IPL final, according to Moneycontrol.

For years, DMK and CSK have had a mixed relation that once almost toured sour. In April 2019, CSK reportedly contributed Rs 5 crore worth electoral bonds to DMK's rival party AIADMK who were in power during that time. Of course, CSK has also previously donated to political parties on other occasions.

Under the latest agreement, FanCode secured the rights for a total bid of Rs 8.62 crore, from which Rs 5.75 crore is deducted for production costs managed by KPS Studio.