STAR wins Team India sponsorship rights

Star India Pvt. Ltd. was awarded the team sponsorship rights of the Indian team for a period of three years after Sahara’s bid was declared ineligible by the BCCI. “Star India Pvt Ltd have been awarded the team sponsorship rights covering BCCI events,ICC events and ACC events,for the period 1st January 2014 to 31st March 2017,” BCCI Secretary Sanjay Patel said in a statement. “Rights include the right to be called the ‘Official Team Sponsor’ and to display a commercial logo on the team clothing of the senior men’s cricket team,the U-19 men’s cricket team,the men’s A team and the women’s team.”

The Indian team would have been without a sponsor after this month as Sahara had pulled the plug on its deal owing to a financial dispute with the BCCI.