Big money: IPL title sposnsorship, team franchise owners and media rights
Title sponsorship: DLF India, Real Estate developer ( $50 million for five years)
Media rights: Sony Entertainment Television (India), Singapore-headquartered WSG, (10 years, $918 million for telecast rights and 108 million for promotion of the tournament)
Teams and Franchise owners:
Mumbai: Reliance Industries, India’s largest private sector group promoted by billionaire Mukesh Ambani ($111.9 million)
Bangalore: UB Group, promoted by liquor baron Vijay Mallya (
Hyderabad: Media Group Deccan Chronicle ($107 million)
Chennai Super Kings: India Cements ($91 million)
Kolkata: Red Chillies Entertainment, promoted by Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and her husband and industrialist Jai Mehta. ($75.09 million)
Mohali: Bollywood star Priety Zinta and industrialist Ness Wadia (76 million)
Delhi: GMR Group, ($84 million)
Jaipur: Emerging Media CEO Castellino, Manoj Badale and Lachlan Murdoch ($67 million)