The Indian Premier League (IPL) has seen a significant increase in brand value and revenue each year. Its revenue streams include Broadcasting and Digital Rights Sales, Sponsorships, Ticket Sales, Merchandise Sales, and Prize Money.
Updated on 22 Jul 2024, 4:04 PM IST
All the IPL teams
As of a report in 2024, the IPL franchise has a brand value of an estimated 16.4 billion USD.
IPL Team Owners
| Teams | Valuation | Owner(s) |
| 1.Mumbai Indians (MI) | $87 million | Indiawin sports Pvt Ltd (Reliance Industries) |
| 2.Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | $80.6 million | N. Srinivasan (India Cements Ltd) |
| 3.Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | $78.6 million | Shah Rukh Khan (Red Chillies Entertainment), Jay Mehta, Juhi Chawla (Mehta Group) |
| 4.Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | $69.8 million | Prathmesh Mishra (United Spirits Limited) |
| 5.Gujarat Titans (GT) | $65.4 million | Siddharth Patel (CVC Capital Partners) |
| 6.Delhi Capitals (DC) | $64.1 million | Kiran Kumar Grandhi (GMR Group), Parth Jindal (JSW Group) |
| 7.Rajasthan Royals (RR) | $62.5 million | Manoj Badale (Emerging Media Pvt Ltd), Lachlan Murdoch (Fox Media), Gerry Cardinale (RedBird Capital Partners) |
| 8.Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | $48.2 million | Kalanithi Maran (Sun Network) |
| 9.Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) | $47 million | Sanjiv Goenka (RPSG Group) |
| 10.Punjab Kings (PBKs) | $45.3 million | Mohit Burman (Dabur), Preity Zinta (PZNZ Media), Ness Wadia (Wadia Group) |
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10. Punjab Kings (PBKs)
PBKs, one of the franchises in the IPL ranked 10 in the context of most valuable teams. Here’s a summary of their profit.
Owner(s):
Mohit Burman (Dabur) (46%), Preity Zinta (PZNZ media) (23%), Ness Wadia (Wadia group) (23%), Saptarshi Dey (8%)
Total Valuation: $45.3 million
Revenue: $11.8 million
Trophy: 0
source of revenue:
- Media Rights
- Ticket sales
- Merchandise sales
- Sponsorships:-
9. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
The newly formed franchise team Lucknow Super Giants has secured its position in 9th position in the most valuable IPL cricket team list.
Owner(s):
Sanjiv Goenka (RPSG group)
Total Valuation: $47 million
Revenue: $11.2 million (sponsorship)
Trophy: 0
Source of revenue:
- Media Rights, Ticket sales, Merchandise sales
- Sponsorships:-
8. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Sunrisers Hyderabad is at 8th position in the most valuable IPL team context.
Owner(s):
Kalanithi Maran (Sun Network)
Total Valuation: $48.2 million
Trophy: 2009 (Decan Charges), 2016
Source of Revenue:
- Media Rights, Ticket sales, Merchandise sales
- Sponsorships: –
7. Rajasthan Royals (RR)
The First IPL title owner Rajasthan Royals ranked 7th in that list.
Owner(s):
Manoj Badale (Emerging Media Pvt Ltd) (65%), Lachlan Murdoch (Fox Media), Gerry Cardinale (RedBird Capital Partners)
Total Valuation: $62.5 million
Revenue: $12.8 million
Trophy: 2008
Source of Revenue:
- Media Rights, Ticket sales, Merchandise sales
- Sponsorships:
6. Delhi Capitals (DC)
Delhi Capitals has acquired 6th position as worthiest franchise team in IPL.
Owner(s):
Kiran Kumar Grandhi (GMR Group), Parth Jindal (JSW Group)
Total Valuation: $64.1 million
Revenue: $14.5 million
Trophy: 0
Source of Revenue:
- Media Rights, Ticket sales, Merchandise sales
- sponsorships:
5. Gujarat Titans (GT)
Gujrat Titans own the IPL trophy in their heroic debut in 2022, ranked 5th in the most valuable list.
Owner(s):
Siddharth Patel (CVC Capital Partners)
Total Valuation: $65.4 million
Trophy: 2022 (debut session)
Source of Revenue:
- Media Rights, Ticket sales, Merchandise sales
- sponsorships:
4. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
RCB’s total valuation is quite interesting though they do not own any IPL title, because of their huge fans.
Owner(s):
Prathmesh Mishra (United Spirits Limited)
Total Valuation: $69.8 million
Trophy: 0
Source of Revenue:
- Media Rights, Ticket sales, Merchandise sales
- sponsorships:
3. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
KKR, also a huge fan base franchise team has secured 3rd places in that list.
Owner(s):
Shah Rukh Khan (Red Chillies Entertainment), Jay Mehta & Juhi Chawla (Mehta Group)
Total Valuation: $78.6 million
Trophy: 2012, 2014
Source of revenue:
- Media Rights, Ticket sales, Merchandise sales
- sponsorships:
2. Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Whenever we talk about the CSK team, the first things came in our mind is Dhoni and his popularity, which made the CSK as second most valuable team.
Owner(s):
N. Srinivasan (India Cements Ltd)
Total Valuation: $80.6 million
Trophy: 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023
Source of revenue:
- Media Rights, Ticket sales, Merchandise sales
- sponsorships:
1. Mumbai Indians (MI)
Mumbai Indians has secured their position at the top of the table in the most valuable list.
Owner(s):
Indiawin sports Pvt Ltd (Reliance Industries)
Total Valuation: $87 million
Trophy: 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020,
Source of Revenue:
- Media Rights, Ticket sales, Merchandise sales
- sponsorships:
In 2023, the total brand value of IPL reached 10.7 billion USD, which has been growing remarkably over the year. see the top 10 richest cricketer.
FAQs
1. Preity Zinta’s earnings from IPL
=> She owns 23% stake of the Punjab team. Although her earnings are not typically publicly disclosed in detail, as per some reporters her annual earning may be Rs. 1 crore to 4 crore from IPL.
