New Delhi, June 26 -- The border brawl with China that left 20 Indian soldiers dead has cast a cloud over Indian cricket, with the Indian Premier League (IPL) governing council reviewing Chinese mobile handset maker Vivo's IPL title sponsorship worth '1,320 crore over the next three years.
As nationalist sentiments soar in India, on-air advertising worth '500 crore by multiple Chinese brands could also face the heat.
Under a five-year title sponsorship that began in 2018, Vivo has been paying '440 crore annually to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Separately, it also spends heavily on television advertising and dealer engagements and offers, estimated to be around '150 crore during the two-month event. The tournament, whi...