Indiawin Sports

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Indiawin Sports
Company typePrivately held company
Industry Sport management-investment
Founded28 November 2007;16 years ago (2007-11-28)
Founder Mukesh Ambani
Headquarters,
India
Area served
World wide
Key people
Brands Mumbai Indians [1]
Revenue358 crore (US$45 million) (2023) [2]
−49 crore (US$−6.1 million) (2023)
Parent Reliance Industries [1]

Indiawin Sports Private Limited is an Indian company that owns several franchise cricket teams from around the world, the most successful being Mumbai Indians. [3] It is a 100% subsidiary of Reliance Industries. It was founded on 28 November 2007 and is based in Mumbai, India. [1] [4]

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History

In the 2008 IPL team auction, Indiawin Sports successfully bought a team based in Mumbai city for US$111.9 million. They have also bid on teams in the SA20, [5] ILT20 [6] and Major League Cricket. [7]

In January 2023, Indiawin Sports successfully won the bid for a Mumbai-based franchise in the Women's Premier League. [8] [9] [10]

Teams owned

TeamCityLeagueDebutHome groundCaptainHead coachChampionships
Mumbai Indians (Parent Club) Mumbai, India IPL 2008 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Hardik Pandya Mark Boucher 5 times IPL
2 times CLT20
MI Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa SA20 2023 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Kieron Pollard Robin Peterson
MI Emirates Abu Dhabi, United Arab ILT20 2022 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Nicholas Pooran Robin singh 1 time ILT20
Mumbai Indians Women Mumbai, India WPL 2023 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Harmanpreet Kaur Charlotte Edwards 1 time WPL
MI New York New York City, United States MLC 2023 Marine Park Cricket Stadium (planned) Kieron Pollard Robin Peterson 1 time MLC

Key people

In 2022, former Mumbai Indians players Mahela Jayawardene and Zaheer Khan were promoted to be the global head of performance and global head of cricket development respectively for Indiawin Sports. [11]

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