Chinese mobile phone maker VIVO is the league's top sponsor having paid US$330 mil for a five-year deal. FMTNews
NEW DELHI: The Indian Premier League, the world’s richest cricket tournament, faced angry protests Tuesday after it decided to retain a Chinese phone maker as its main sponsor.
After repeatedly delaying the tournament because of the coronavirus pandemic, the IPL said it would start in the United Arab Emirates on Sept 19 but sparked anger by making no mention of changing the sponsorship. “We want to urge the IPL organisers to reconsider their stand on sponsorship by Chinese companies,” said an SJM statement.The IPL did not immediately comment on the attacks but officials have told Indian media that the sponsorship would have been too complicated to change.
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