‘Byju’s ke baad aaya bhi to kon’ – Fans react as reports of Dream 11 replacing Byju’s as Team India as kit sponsor surface

India Cricket Team reportedly will get a new sponsor from their series against the West Indies next month. From COVID-19 up until now, Byju’s, an educational app, sponsored the team. However, the company has been facing losses after the students returned to offline mode. They haven’t resorted much to online education. Meanwhile, it was rumored that the deal with Dream 11 might not take place before the West Indies series.

However, as reported by News18, the deal has been done. With this, the Men In Blue will don the jersey with the fantasy platform’s name engraved on it. The team will play the ODI and T20I series after the two-match Test series. The Test series will be part of the World Test Championship cycle 2023-25. Coming back to the deal, Byju 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 an ICC game. The for the drop in price is that in ICC 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.

T20I squad is yet to be announced.

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