A part of the soul of India lies in the game of cricket. Starting from the Test Series, right up to the World Cup, Indians are always overly enthusiastic when it comes to watching the game.
And when we talk about cricket, how can we forget the month long cricket festival that the country waits for every year!?
You got it right, it is IPL TIME!!!!! (our excitement is directly proportional to the exclamation marks here)
The pandemic put a halt to many industries including the sports industry. After a 4-month long lockdown, the world slowly started to resume the sporting activities around the world.
This also paved a way for the BCCI to announce the return of IPL amid some… controversy.
Following the criticism on social media about being a Chinese brand associated with the championship, Vivo pulled out as the title sponsor for this year’s IPL.
The place was thus taken by a new sponsor – Dream 11.
🚨 MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
— Dream11 (@Dream11) August 19, 2020
We are the Proud Title Sponsor of @IPL 2020 ✅
Let's start calling it #Dream11IPL 🏆 https://t.co/FrpKoPDMtg
Yk, this is the app which helps you win money by betting!
Dream 11 is India’s first gaming start up to be valued at over $1 billion.
The IPL governing council chairman Brijesh Patel confirmed that Dream11 bid the sponsorship amount at Rs. 222 crore. Two edu-tech companies — BYJUs and Unacademy were also in the bidding race but came second (201 crore) and third (170 crore) respectively.
People went bonkers with the news of the new title sponsor, which brings us to our favourite part!
MEMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (remember the relationship between our excitement and exclamation marks?)
After the Dream 11 Twitter handle conveyed the news with much excitement, several fans hilariously reacted to it, sharing some funny memes and comments…
Aa gaya hai BOSS!
#Dream11 is the winner of IPL 2020 title sponsorship at 222 Crores..
— Rajeev Hitman 🇮🇳 (@Hmka_join_krlo) August 18, 2020
Le Dream 11 owner rn : pic.twitter.com/IKnjScY7jJ
Many memes which were circulated revolved around the fact that how Dream 11’s sponsorship bid defeated those of Patanjali, BYJUs and Unacademy.
Ek minute! What was Binod doing there?
#Dream11 is the winner of IPL 2020 title sponsorship pic.twitter.com/8g5nWBJiCq
— Kisslay Jha🇮🇳 (@TrollerBabua) August 18, 2020
Dream 11 to other companies : Chaal haaat!
#Dream11 to other companies after getting IPL title sponsorship : pic.twitter.com/oDRNs6tuTa
— 🆁🅸🆂🅷🅰🅱🅷 ⍟ (@rishabh_memes) August 18, 2020
Sad Day for Bidders!
Dream 11 bags IPL sponsorship.
— Sanghi Captain (@CaptainIndia26) August 18, 2020
Meanwhile other bidders 😭😭#Dream11 pic.twitter.com/k02TLss0Jd
Class kab chalu karu bol?
#Dream11 owner to
— Anurag Edits (@anurag_edits) August 18, 2020
Unacademy, Tata Sons and Byju :-#IPL2020 pic.twitter.com/EnUHdxfluU
THIZ IZ BUSINESS!
#Dream11 is sponsoring IPL 2020.
— Vishal (@vishal_saini_vs) August 18, 2020
CEO of Dream 11 is Harsh Jain, whose father, Anand Jain is a close associate of Mukesh Ambani. pic.twitter.com/0Pz4dTeUw8
Also, just a little confusion!
Should we call this IPL as IPL 2020 or as Dream11 IPL 13?
Well, Dream 11 received a grand welcome as new title sponsor. Through the unquestionable power of memes, Dream 11’s sponsorship started to trend on Twitter and the reach increased exponentially.
This is just one of the few things that one can achieve through the creative medium of memes.
That’s right, with memes even your brand can achieve an exponential reach!
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Article written by Krishanu Sanyal