Paytm wins sponsorship rights for BCCI matches

One97 Communications, owners of Paytm, on Thursday acquired the title sponsorship rights for India’s domestic and international cricket matches at home for a period of four years with a bid price of Rs 203.28 crore.

The decision to award the rights to One97 Communications till 2019 was taken at the BCCI’s marketing committee meeting here.

The base price per match was Rupees 1.68 crore and the final price comes to Rs 2.42 crore per match. The amount per match is 40 lakh more than what Micromax, who were the only bidders in the 2014-15 season, gave the Board last year.

From now on, the domestic Ranji competition will be known as the ‘Paytm Ranji Trophy’.

There were only two bidders for the scheduled 84 matches (Tests, ODIs and T20Is) in India during the upcoming seasons as the rights have been awarded till 2019.

The bids were opened at the BCCI marketing committee meeting that lasted for around five hours.

BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur said they were elated to have <g data-gr-id="20">Paytm</g> as their homes series title sponsors.

“They are one of the new generation companies and we are delighted to partner with them. Having them for next four years gives the stability and continuity to Indian cricket.