RCB, Rajasthan Royals and valuation boom: How IPL’s latest sales pushed league into global sports asset elite
Sports / by Diksha Chaurasiya / 26 views
The freshest transaction number is RCB. The agreed deal values the franchise at $1.78 billion and includes both the men’s IPL team and the women’s WPL side. The transaction also underlines how far the economics have moved in a short period: RCB was originally bought in 2008 for $111.6 million. Rajasthan Royals’ confirmed sale at $1.63 billion places a second IPL asset firmly in the same bracket, making it much harder to dismiss the RCB number as a one-off premium tied only to one brand. Gujarat Titans had already pointed in this direction last year, when the sale of a 67% stake implied a valuation of about $900 million. In other words, the top end of the IPL market is now comfortably in nine-figure territory and, in some cases, well beyond it.
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