A 5-day, 8-team, 15-match league engineered as a buyer-acquisition engine for UAE developers. T10 or T20 — format finalised with the title partner. The eight teams are the sponsor slots.
DPL UAE is built around eight owners and one title partner. All commercial inventory is allocated by invitation under mutual NDA. No public pricing. No open tenders.
DPL UAE converts five days of sport into a full-season pipeline — on-ground, on-air, and on-feed. The league is the vehicle. The sponsor outcome is the product.
India, Pakistan, UAE, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, England. Each national franchise is awarded to one lead developer or strategic partner. Squads pair domestic legends with foreign T10/T20 professionals drawn from the rest of the world. Once the eighth flag is claimed, Season 01 is sold.
Group stage → semifinals → final. The entire season compresses into a single premium window — built for concentrated media spend, targeted buyer invitations, and a dense hospitality calendar.
A branded team inside a premium league is a surface no competitor can rent. Four things the league does that a campaign cannot.
Curated developer booths inside the VIP hospitality zone. Every ticketed buyer walks past your showflat on the way to their seat.
RM-led concierge introductions between developers and qualified NRI & GCC buyers, staged through all 15 match-days.
Each team pairs a cricket legend and a T10/T20 pro with its franchise owner — shoulder-to-shoulder content for 12 months.
Two private suites and twenty VIP passes per match-day, per franchise. Bring the buyers you cannot reach at a gala dinner.
Pricing disclosed in the data room after mutual NDA. No public pricing. No open tenders.
Player salaries, travel, kit, and match-day operations handled by the league. Owner opex is marketing & hospitality only.
Renewable at owner's option. First right on Season 02 and all geographic expansions preserved.
Five days of premium branded airtime across broadcast, digital, and OOH. Priced against equivalent ATL reach, the spend pays back before match-day one.
500+ HNI attendees, RM-led matchmaking, branded booth. A 3% conversion on a curated invite list at UAE median ticket recovers the franchise fee on-ground.
Equity in a scaling league. Benchmarked against IPL, SA20, and ILT20, the Season 01 ticket has historically traded at 3–8× by Season 05.
Illustrative only. Full ROI model provided with the Franchise Data Room.
15-minute intro call with the commercial team. No materials exchanged.
Mutual NDA, then access to the full deck, financials, and commercial model.
Commercial term sheet, franchise selection, deposit, and public-announce window agreed.
Franchise Agreement executed. Owner announced. Kit and naming activated.
The league carries your name. The title partner is the ninth seat at the table — above the eight owners, beside the league.
Our commercial team responds within 24 hours with a 15-minute intro slot and an NDA. After signing, the data room opens the same day.
The DPL UAE invite list is built with private banks, family offices, and developer RM teams across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Mumbai, Delhi, Riyadh, London, and Singapore.
"Sponsorship globally is a $100B+ category. Cricket drives ~85% of Indian sports ad spend. The UAE is the only GCC market where cricket and real estate converge on the same buyer."
— DPL UAE Thesis Note, 2026
Projected figures — final numbers subject to broadcast, OTT, and venue agreements.
A curated advisory board of developers, cricket leaders, broadcast executives, and private capital — assembled to steward Season 01 and the expansion roadmap. Names published with title-partner announcement.
Season 01 allocations close ahead of the broadcast-partner announcement. After that, the seat at the table is Season 02.