India’s national cricket team players, which include stallwarts Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma, are ready to give a large-scale financial blow after banning the real-wealth online game.
Fantasy sports companies closure their actual money games, according to a report in Cricbuzz, Indian cricketers are expected to lose between these finished contracts in a year.
The Government of India recently passed the promotion and regulation of online gaming bills, 2025, which ban all forms of online money games including fantasy sports platforms.
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The new law was passed in both houses of Parliament and received the presidency of President in August 2025. This new bill prevents users from participating in any online game, where the money is deposited with the expectation of a possible victory, and any platforms that violate these rules may face severe punishment, including a fine of up to three years and ₹ 1 crore in jail.
As this law came into force, real-mani gaming platforms such as Dream 11 have been forced to close their paid competitions. Dream11, which was worth about $ 8 billion USD, has also taken out as the title sponsor of the Indian cricket team, which ends their 358-crores, three-year jersey sponsorship deal.
Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni and other Indian stars get a big shock
Fantasy sports and online gaming companies such as Dream 11, My11 Circle, MPL, and Winzo sponsored many Indian cricketers and spent heavily on advertising and support.
Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, and Hardik Pandya Dream 11, Shubman Gill, Mohammad Sirraj, Yashsvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikawad, Rinku Singh and Saurav Ganguly were associated with.
Virat Kohli was with the MPL, and MS Dhoni had a deal with Winzo. However, fresh restrictions are imposed, cricketers will be economically hit and their sponsorship deals will be lost.
Kohli had a contract of 10-12 crore INR annually, while Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni signed the INR 6-7 crore contracts. Less popular cricketers had deals around 1 crore, and collectively, Indian cricketers are expected to lose INR 150–200 crores in a year.
However, Marki cricketers have a diverse portfolio and would not be influenced as nothing-the fantasy platforms in the form of sponsors, who would not be affected as a sponsors.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has also been affected as it will lose the My11 circle as an associate sponsor, which was contributing Rs 125 crore in a year.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) were associated with online gaming platforms, and they would lose between 10-20 crores in a year.
Meanwhile, industry experts said that the advertising industry would lose the INR of 8,000–10,000 crores after a year of government action.
“In terms of overall advertising expenses, these gaming companies contribute about 7-8 percent of the market. It will disappear about 80 percent, as the overall money gaming accounts are 75-80 percent of the overall gaming market. So it is a major impact. Overall 7-8 percent of the total advertising expenses and about 15-20 percent. Cricbuzz quoted.
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