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BCCI invites bids for title sponsor rights of Indian cricket games
MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is inviting bids for the title sponsor rights, for domestic as well as international games of cricket in the country, through a tender process. Interested players can submit their bids online by 11 pm on 19 August 2019. The Board earlier had a four-year deal with Paytm which will lapse soon.
As revealed by the BCCI in a release, the title sponsorship period will commence from 1 September 2019 and will end on 31 March 2023.
It added, “The terms and conditions governing the submission and evaluation of bids, including eligibility requirements and performance obligations are contained in the ITT, which is available for online purchase and download by interested parties at http://bcci.mjunction.in/ upon payment of Rs 5,00,000 + 1.79 per cent payment gateway charges and will remain available for purchase till 14 August 2019.”
It was in 2015 when One97 Communication-owned e-wallet Paytm had acquired the title sponsorship rights for matches held in India for a period of four years. As per reports, it had shelled out Rs 203 crore for the rights that included all the series with the title sponsor logo along with the designation as title sponsor.
Prior to Paytm, Micromax was the title sponsor for BCCI matches. It held the rights during 2014-15. Before that, Star India held the rights between 2013 and 2014.
MUMBAI: In India’s fast-moving payments race, Visa has just swiped in a new leader. The company has named Suresh Sethi as its India country head, marking a key leadership shift as it sharpens its focus on digital payments growth in the market. Sethi steps into the role following his recent exit from Protean eGov Technologies, where he served as chief executive officer. He succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who has moved on after more than four years at Visa to pursue an external opportunity.
The appointment comes at a time when Visa is doubling down on its expansion strategy across India and the wider region, deepening partnerships and accelerating adoption in an increasingly competitive digital payments ecosystem.
Sethi brings with him a broad, cross-market perspective shaped by decades of experience across corporate banking, retail financial services, mobile money and large-scale government technology initiatives. He began his career at Citigroup, where he spent 14 years working across India, Africa, South America and the United States, focusing on transaction banking services within the corporate bank.
His appointment signals a blend of institutional experience and market familiarity qualities that could prove critical as Visa navigates a landscape where fintech innovation, regulatory evolution and consumer adoption are all accelerating at once.
As digital payments in India continue to scale rapidly, the leadership change underscores a simple reality, in a market where every tap, scan and swipe counts, who leads the charge can matter just as much as the technology itself.
