The<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/" title=" Indian Premier League " target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Indian Premier League</a> (IPL) is the most prominent cricketing competition in the world. In 2022, it surpassed the English Premier League (EPL) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) to earn the second spot on the list of most lucrative sporting leagues. With a media rights valuation of INR 1075 million, it is only standing behind the National Football League (NFL) on the chart. &nbsp;

Mumbai Indians (MI) have emerged as the most successful franchise in the IPL. In terms of the trophy collection, they are sitting on top with five titles since 2020, and they also emerged as the most valuable IPL franchise as per a Forbes report published in April, last year. According to the American Business magazine, the Mumbai-based franchise has a valuation of $1.3 billion USD (INR 9968 crore approximately).

Talking more about it, let’s understand how MI make money in the cash-rich league -

<img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1681201778172_Rohit-Sharma2.jpeg" alt="Rohit Sharma" loading="lazy"><figcaption>Rohit Sharma. (Photo Source: IPL/BCCI)</figcaption>

In June 2022, the television rights for the Indian Premier League (IPL) were sold to Star Sports for a bid of INR 23,575 crore. Last year, Viacom 18 also purchased the media rights for the 2023-27 seasons for INR 23,758 crore, which amounts to INR 50 crore per game.

From the media rights, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shares a huge chunk of money with the IPL teams. Among all franchises, the teams with higher ranks receive the larger share of media revenue. In the last 15 years, MI have emerged as a top-ranking<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/indian-premier-league-ipl-teams-and-squads/" title=" IPL squad " target="_blank" rel="noopener"> IPL squad </a>several times. Consequently, they have got a hefty amount through media rights.

For the last few years, the Mumbai-based team has also launched Mumbai Indians TV for their ardent supporters. Through the platform, fans engage with the franchise and provide some exciting updates related to their players and team. Besides that, MI is also active on YouTube with 2.9M subscribers along with social media platforms such as Facebook with 13.8M followers and Instagram with 11.6M followers, respectively.

<img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1680085592600_Mumbai-Indians.jpeg" alt="Mumbai Indians" loading="lazy"><figcaption>Mumbai Indians. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

In the cash-rich league, sponsors are the foremost source of income. From bats, bails, headgear, and team kits, the presence of brands could be found everywhere. The same goes for the franchises too as they tie up with renowned brands to promote them by endorsing through logos.

Larger the logo will be, the bigger sum the brand splurges on the franchise. Per Economic Times, within a year span, their sponsorship percentage has shot up to nearly 22 per cent. This year, 11 news sponsors joined the most successful IPL team, which took the sponsor count tally up to 25 for the 2023 season. Among all its sponsors, Usha International has been the oldest brand associated with the franchise for almost 10 years.

In 2022, slice became the principal partner for MI and since then, the soft-drink company’s logo has been appearing on MI’s official jersey. Along with brands, MI also earn a lot of money through league-related activities launched by their sponsors.&nbsp;

<img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1681196919718_Wankhede-Stadium.jpeg" alt="Wankhede Stadium" loading="lazy"><figcaption>Wankhede Stadium. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

Since 2008, &nbsp;avid MI fans have registered their presence at the stadiums to cheer up the team. Their support has not just helped the side to win games but also helped the MI owners to get earn a lucrative amount. Throughout the years, ticket sale for matches has become a major source of income for the franchise.&nbsp;

As per the home-and-away format of the league, each franchise gets a chance to host seven matches at their home venues. In the last 15 years, Mumbai stadiums such as Wankhede, Brabourne, and DY Patil have served as MI’s home grounds. Through the sale of tickets at their home stadiums, MI gets a fixed amount of money as per IPL guidelines.

Along with stadium tickets, the franchise also generates income through gate tickets and passes. In all these years, the connection between supporters and franchises has become a medium of income for the franchise to obtain revenue.

<img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1681196941390_Mumbai-Indians'-jersey.jpeg" alt="Mumbai Indians' jersey" loading="lazy"><figcaption>Mumbai Indians' jersey. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

The revenue received from the sale of merchandise also plays a vital part in income generation for the team. Through the sale of jersey replicas, caps, coffee mugs, mobile covers, wristbands, and more, the franchise gets a decent chunk of money from consumers. In modern times, the non-traditional connection has helped Mumbai to be economically strong.

Ahead of the 2023 Women’s Premier League and IPL, MI re-launched its online merchandise shop ‘MI shop.’ Expanding its merchandise store, the franchise tied up with 10 licensing partners, including their global and domestic partners as well. playR, one of the leading global sports and lifestyle organisations, has also been signed by MI as the merchandise partner. &nbsp;

With the steep rise of game merchandise in the country, MI have realised the trend and upgraded the online store to strengthen its bond with the team’s supporters.&nbsp;

<img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1681201461549_Rohit-Sharmaa.jpeg" alt="Rohit Sharma" loading="lazy"><figcaption>Rohit Sharma. (Photo Source: Twitter/Mumbai Indians)</figcaption>

Compared to other sources of income, prize money is smaller than other sources of profit. In the maiden IPL season, Rajasthan Royals became the first franchise to bag the prize money of INR 4.8 crore. However, MI are the franchise who have won prize money most of the time with its five title triumphs.

In 2013, they became champions for the first time after beating Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Along with the IPL trophy, they got a hefty amount of INR 10 crore as well. After 2013, they repeated their magic in 2015 again and this time, they took home a whopping prize money of INR 15 crore.

So far, they have obtained INR 75 crore through their emphatic five title victories. The Men in Blue won their last title in 2020 by vanquishing Delhi Capitals (DC), at the Dubai International Stadium. This time, prize money was reduced to INR 10 crore due to the COVID-19 pandemic. &nbsp;

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The<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/" title=" Indian Premier League " target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Indian Premier League</a> (IPL) is the most prominent cricketing competition in the world. In 2022, it surpassed the English Premier League (EPL) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) to earn the second spot on the list of most lucrative sporting leagues. With a media rights valuation of INR 1075 million, it is only standing behind the National Football League (NFL) on the chart. &nbsp;
Mumbai Indians (MI) have emerged as the most successful franchise in the IPL. In terms of the trophy collection, they are sitting on top with five titles since 2020, and they also emerged as the most valuable IPL franchise as per a Forbes report published in April, last year. According to the American Business magazine, the Mumbai-based franchise has a valuation of $1.3 billion USD (INR 9968 crore approximately).
Talking more about it, let’s understand how MI make money in the cash-rich league -
<h3>1. Media rights</h3>
<figure class="image align-center" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1681201778172_Rohit-Sharma2.jpeg" alt="Rohit Sharma" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img>
<figcaption>Rohit Sharma. (Photo Source: IPL/BCCI)</figcaption>
</figure>
In June 2022, the television rights for the Indian Premier League (IPL) were sold to Star Sports for a bid of INR 23,575 crore. Last year, Viacom 18 also purchased the media rights for the 2023-27 seasons for INR 23,758 crore, which amounts to INR 50 crore per game.
From the media rights, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shares a huge chunk of money with the IPL teams. Among all franchises, the teams with higher ranks receive the larger share of media revenue. In the last 15 years, MI have emerged as a top-ranking<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/indian-premier-league-ipl-teams-and-squads/" title=" IPL squad " target="_blank" rel="noopener"> IPL squad </a>several times. Consequently, they have got a hefty amount through media rights.
For the last few years, the Mumbai-based team has also launched Mumbai Indians TV for their ardent supporters. Through the platform, fans engage with the franchise and provide some exciting updates related to their players and team. Besides that, MI is also active on YouTube with 2.9M subscribers along with social media platforms such as Facebook with 13.8M followers and Instagram with 11.6M followers, respectively.

<h3>2. Sponsorships</h3>
<figure class="image align-center" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1680085592600_Mumbai-Indians.jpeg" alt="Mumbai Indians" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img>
<figcaption>Mumbai Indians. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>
</figure>
In the cash-rich league, sponsors are the foremost source of income. From bats, bails, headgear, and team kits, the presence of brands could be found everywhere. The same goes for the franchises too as they tie up with renowned brands to promote them by endorsing through logos.
Larger the logo will be, the bigger sum the brand splurges on the franchise. Per Economic Times, within a year span, their sponsorship percentage has shot up to nearly 22 per cent. This year, 11 news sponsors joined the most successful IPL team, which took the sponsor count tally up to 25 for the 2023 season. Among all its sponsors, Usha International has been the oldest brand associated with the franchise for almost 10 years.
In 2022, slice became the principal partner for MI and since then, the soft-drink company’s logo has been appearing on MI’s official jersey. Along with brands, MI also earn a lot of money through league-related activities launched by their sponsors.&nbsp;

<h3>3. Stadium Ticket sales</h3>
<figure class="image align-center" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1681196919718_Wankhede-Stadium.jpeg" alt="Wankhede Stadium" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img>
<figcaption>Wankhede Stadium. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>
</figure>
Since 2008, &nbsp;avid MI fans have registered their presence at the stadiums to cheer up the team. Their support has not just helped the side to win games but also helped the MI owners to get earn a lucrative amount. Throughout the years, ticket sale for matches has become a major source of income for the franchise.&nbsp;
As per the home-and-away format of the league, each franchise gets a chance to host seven matches at their home venues. In the last 15 years, Mumbai stadiums such as Wankhede, Brabourne, and DY Patil have served as MI’s home grounds. Through the sale of tickets at their home stadiums, MI gets a fixed amount of money as per IPL guidelines.
Along with stadium tickets, the franchise also generates income through gate tickets and passes. In all these years, the connection between supporters and franchises has become a medium of income for the franchise to obtain revenue.

<h3>4. Merchandise sales</h3>
<figure class="image align-center" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1681196941390_Mumbai-Indians'-jersey.jpeg" alt="Mumbai Indians' jersey" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img>
<figcaption>Mumbai Indians' jersey. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>
</figure>
The revenue received from the sale of merchandise also plays a vital part in income generation for the team. Through the sale of jersey replicas, caps, coffee mugs, mobile covers, wristbands, and more, the franchise gets a decent chunk of money from consumers. In modern times, the non-traditional connection has helped Mumbai to be economically strong.
Ahead of the 2023 Women’s Premier League and IPL, MI re-launched its online merchandise shop ‘MI shop.’ Expanding its merchandise store, the franchise tied up with 10 licensing partners, including their global and domestic partners as well. playR, one of the leading global sports and lifestyle organisations, has also been signed by MI as the merchandise partner. &nbsp;
With the steep rise of game merchandise in the country, MI have realised the trend and upgraded the online store to strengthen its bond with the team’s supporters.&nbsp;

<h3>5. Prize amount</h3>
<figure class="image align-center" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1681201461549_Rohit-Sharmaa.jpeg" alt="Rohit Sharma" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img>
<figcaption>Rohit Sharma. (Photo Source: Twitter/Mumbai Indians)</figcaption>
</figure>
Compared to other sources of income, prize money is smaller than other sources of profit. In the maiden IPL season, Rajasthan Royals became the first franchise to bag the prize money of INR 4.8 crore. However, MI are the franchise who have won prize money most of the time with its five title triumphs.
In 2013, they became champions for the first time after beating Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Along with the IPL trophy, they got a hefty amount of INR 10 crore as well. After 2013, they repeated their magic in 2015 again and this time, they took home a whopping prize money of INR 15 crore.
So far, they have obtained INR 75 crore through their emphatic five title victories. The Men in Blue won their last title in 2020 by vanquishing Delhi Capitals (DC), at the Dubai International Stadium. This time, prize money was reduced to INR 10 crore due to the COVID-19 pandemic. &nbsp;
For a better experience: Download the CricTracker app from the&nbsp;<a href="https://apps.apple.com/in/app/crictracker/id6443913175" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IOS App Store</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.crictracker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Google Play Store</a>

The<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/" title=" Indian Premier League " target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Indian Premier League</a> (IPL) is the most prominent cricketing competition in the world. In 2022, it surpassed the English Premier League (EPL) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) to earn the second spot on the list of most lucrative sporting leagues. With a media rights valuation of INR 1075 million, it is only standing behind the National Football League (NFL) on the chart. &nbsp;
Mumbai Indians (MI) have emerged as the most successful franchise in the IPL. In terms of the trophy collection, they are sitting on top with five titles since 2020, and they also emerged as the most valuable IPL franchise as per a Forbes report published in April, last year. According to the American Business magazine, the Mumbai-based franchise has a valuation of $1.3 billion USD (INR 9968 crore approximately).
Talking more about it, let’s understand how MI make money in the cash-rich league -
<h3>1. Media rights</h3>
<figure class="image align-center"><img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1681201778172_Rohit-Sharma2.jpeg" alt="Rohit Sharma" loading="lazy">
<figcaption>Rohit Sharma. (Photo Source: IPL/BCCI)</figcaption>
</figure>
In June 2022, the television rights for the Indian Premier League (IPL) were sold to Star Sports for a bid of INR 23,575 crore. Last year, Viacom 18 also purchased the media rights for the 2023-27 seasons for INR 23,758 crore, which amounts to INR 50 crore per game.
From the media rights, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shares a huge chunk of money with the IPL teams. Among all franchises, the teams with higher ranks receive the larger share of media revenue. In the last 15 years, MI have emerged as a top-ranking<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/indian-premier-league-ipl-teams-and-squads/" title=" IPL squad " target="_blank" rel="noopener"> IPL squad </a>several times. Consequently, they have got a hefty amount through media rights.
For the last few years, the Mumbai-based team has also launched Mumbai Indians TV for their ardent supporters. Through the platform, fans engage with the franchise and provide some exciting updates related to their players and team. Besides that, MI is also active on YouTube with 2.9M subscribers along with social media platforms such as Facebook with 13.8M followers and Instagram with 11.6M followers, respectively.

<h3>2. Sponsorships</h3>
<figure class="image align-center"><img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1680085592600_Mumbai-Indians.jpeg" alt="Mumbai Indians" loading="lazy">
<figcaption>Mumbai Indians. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>
</figure>
In the cash-rich league, sponsors are the foremost source of income. From bats, bails, headgear, and team kits, the presence of brands could be found everywhere. The same goes for the franchises too as they tie up with renowned brands to promote them by endorsing through logos.
Larger the logo will be, the bigger sum the brand splurges on the franchise. Per Economic Times, within a year span, their sponsorship percentage has shot up to nearly 22 per cent. This year, 11 news sponsors joined the most successful IPL team, which took the sponsor count tally up to 25 for the 2023 season. Among all its sponsors, Usha International has been the oldest brand associated with the franchise for almost 10 years.
In 2022, slice became the principal partner for MI and since then, the soft-drink company’s logo has been appearing on MI’s official jersey. Along with brands, MI also earn a lot of money through league-related activities launched by their sponsors.&nbsp;

<h3>3. Stadium Ticket sales</h3>
<figure class="image align-center"><img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1681196919718_Wankhede-Stadium.jpeg" alt="Wankhede Stadium" loading="lazy">
<figcaption>Wankhede Stadium. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>
</figure>
Since 2008, &nbsp;avid MI fans have registered their presence at the stadiums to cheer up the team. Their support has not just helped the side to win games but also helped the MI owners to get earn a lucrative amount. Throughout the years, ticket sale for matches has become a major source of income for the franchise.&nbsp;
As per the home-and-away format of the league, each franchise gets a chance to host seven matches at their home venues. In the last 15 years, Mumbai stadiums such as Wankhede, Brabourne, and DY Patil have served as MI’s home grounds. Through the sale of tickets at their home stadiums, MI gets a fixed amount of money as per IPL guidelines.
Along with stadium tickets, the franchise also generates income through gate tickets and passes. In all these years, the connection between supporters and franchises has become a medium of income for the franchise to obtain revenue.

<h3>4. Merchandise sales</h3>
<figure class="image align-center"><img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1681196941390_Mumbai-Indians'-jersey.jpeg" alt="Mumbai Indians' jersey" loading="lazy">
<figcaption>Mumbai Indians' jersey. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>
</figure>
The revenue received from the sale of merchandise also plays a vital part in income generation for the team. Through the sale of jersey replicas, caps, coffee mugs, mobile covers, wristbands, and more, the franchise gets a decent chunk of money from consumers. In modern times, the non-traditional connection has helped Mumbai to be economically strong.
Ahead of the 2023 Women’s Premier League and IPL, MI re-launched its online merchandise shop ‘MI shop.’ Expanding its merchandise store, the franchise tied up with 10 licensing partners, including their global and domestic partners as well. playR, one of the leading global sports and lifestyle organisations, has also been signed by MI as the merchandise partner. &nbsp;
With the steep rise of game merchandise in the country, MI have realised the trend and upgraded the online store to strengthen its bond with the team’s supporters.&nbsp;

<h3>5. Prize amount</h3>
<figure class="image align-center"><img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1681201461549_Rohit-Sharmaa.jpeg" alt="Rohit Sharma" loading="lazy">
<figcaption>Rohit Sharma. (Photo Source: Twitter/Mumbai Indians)</figcaption>
</figure>
Compared to other sources of income, prize money is smaller than other sources of profit. In the maiden IPL season, Rajasthan Royals became the first franchise to bag the prize money of INR 4.8 crore. However, MI are the franchise who have won prize money most of the time with its five title triumphs.
In 2013, they became champions for the first time after beating Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Along with the IPL trophy, they got a hefty amount of INR 10 crore as well. After 2013, they repeated their magic in 2015 again and this time, they took home a whopping prize money of INR 15 crore.
So far, they have obtained INR 75 crore through their emphatic five title victories. The Men in Blue won their last title in 2020 by vanquishing Delhi Capitals (DC), at the Dubai International Stadium. This time, prize money was reduced to INR 10 crore due to the COVID-19 pandemic. &nbsp;
For a better experience: Download the CricTracker app from the&nbsp;<a href="https://apps.apple.com/in/app/crictracker/id6443913175" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IOS App Store</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.crictracker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Google Play Store</a>

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