BCCI floats tender for new IPL title sponsor

BCCI on Monday initiated the process of finding a new title sponsor for Indian Premier League (IPL) by floating tender notices for the same. After realty firm DLF ended its five-year-long association with the IPL as the title sponsor in August, the BCCI has formally started looking for a replacement. ‘Under this invitation to tender, the winning bidder will be granted the right to be title sponsor of IPL for the five seasons from 2013 to 2017,’ the tender notice issued by BCCi stated. ‘The Title Sponsor rights include a number of branding and other marketing benefits to be received by the title sponsor at every IPL match during the season as specifically outlined in the Invitation to tender,’ it added.