Season 01 · Dubai · Q4 2026 A private invitation · 8 franchises · NDA-only disclosure

Own a Team.
Own the Attention.

Transform your brand into a premium cricket franchise in the UAE. Eight teams. Eight owners. One of the most valuable brand-asset windows of the decade.

Broadcast Visibility Jersey Branding Stadium Presence Hospitality Prestige
The Bar for Entry

DPL UAE is built around eight commercial seats. Franchise ownership is by invitation, under mutual NDA. No public pricing. No open tenders. No secondary sponsorship tiers.

Response within 24 hours
Franchises
8
Total brand-owner seats. No ninth. No expansion mid-season.
In Term Sheet
2
Two owner slots in active paper. Six open.
Season Window
5×15
Five days, fifteen matches of concentrated brand airtime.
Term
5yrs
With renewal option and ROFR on geographic expansion.
02/08
In Term Sheet
Six franchise slots remain before Season 01 closes.
Lock Your Seat
Why Own a Team

Your brand becomes a cricket franchise. Not a logo on a board.

DPL UAE does not sell sponsorship inventory. It sells ownership. Each team is a permanent brand asset, not a seasonal rental.

01

Team Carries Your Name

Front-of-jersey naming, kit, LED, ticker, broadcast graphics. Your brand is the team — everywhere the team appears.

02

Jersey Front Branding

The single most valuable real estate in world cricket — worn by your marquee international for twelve months, on and off the pitch.

03

Broadcast Visibility

Linear TV + OTT + social short-form across India, UAE, KSA, UK, Southeast Asia. Distribution in discussion with regional and international broadcasters.

04

Hospitality Rights

Private suites and VIP inventory across every match-day. Host the buyers, partners, and capital a gala dinner cannot reach.

05

VIP Networking

Owner-cohort access: seven peers, the title partner, advisory board, broadcast principals. The seat you cannot book.

06

Lead Generation

RM-led buyer-matchmaking inside the on-ground expo. Every attendee is a qualified contact, routed to your team on match-day.

07

Social & Content Rights

Twelve months of co-branded content with your marquee player. Social, OOH, appearances, campaign creative — all licensed to the owner.

08

Long-Term Brand Asset

Equity in a scaling league. In comparable T10/T20 franchises, Season 01 tickets have historically traded at 3–8× by Season 05.

Exposure Ecosystem

Eight surfaces. One brand. Every match-day.

Ownership is not a logo placement — it is brand integration across every touchpoint an international cricket tournament creates.

01
Team Jersey
Front, back, sleeves. Worn by every player, every match.
02
Dugout Branding
Owner bay, bench backdrop, coaching staff gear. In-frame during every interval.
03
Stadium LED
Boundary and perimeter LED running the full match window.
04
Broadcast Graphics
Score ticker, lower-thirds, team lineup cards, replay frames.
05
Digital Campaigns
Meta, YouTube, OTT pre-roll, regional DOOH — routed with owner creative.
06
Press Conferences
Backdrop step-and-repeat, podium branding, pre- and post-match press.
07
Trophy Presentations
Owner on the cup ceremony stage. Broadcast-graded visibility at closing.
08
VIP Lounge
Co-branded hospitality suite. Owner-hosted for the full five-day window.
Broadcast Reach

The barter that turns every match into global airtime.

DPL UAE is in active distribution discussions with regional and international broadcasters — linear partners across India, UAE, and KSA, with OTT distribution for UK and Southeast Asia.

Barter structures trade inventory for reach, turning broadcaster shelf-space into franchise airtime at zero incremental cost to owners. Distribution, reach, and fee detail disclosed in the prospectus under NDA.

Distribution Map
In discussion
Linear TV · India, UAE, KSACORE
OTT · UK, Singapore, SEATIER 1
Social Short-form · Meta, YouTubeALWAYS ON
Digital OOH · UAE, KSAHIGH-IMPACT

Relative weight shown for illustration. Final broadcast footprint, guarantees, and reach numbers disclosed in the prospectus.

Indicative Lineup
WCL S1 (2024) precedent · FanCode + Sky Sports
Star Sports
India
Sony Sports
India
JioHotstar
India · OTT
FanCode
India · OTT
PTV Sports
Pakistan
Ten Sports
Pakistan
T Sports
Bangladesh
Sirasa
Sri Lanka
Sky Sports
UK
SportsMax
Caribbean
Willow
USA
Fox Sports
Australia

Indicative broadcast lineup spanning every Legends-cricket market. Partnerships finalising under NDA.

The Eight Franchises

Only eight branded teams. One owner each.

India, Pakistan, UAE, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, England. Each national franchise is awarded to one lead owner — developer, bank, conglomerate, or private capital. Squads pair domestic legends with foreign T10/T20 professionals.

2/8
In Term Sheet
In Term Sheet
INDIA Legends MMXXVI
India Legends
Group A · Franchise 01
Open
PAKISTAN Legends MMXXVI
Pakistan Legends
Group A · Franchise 02
In Term Sheet · Host
UAE Legends MMXXVI
UAE Legends
Group A · Host Nation
Open
AFGHANISTAN Legends MMXXVI
Afghanistan Legends
Group A · Franchise 04
Open
SRI LANKA Legends MMXXVI
Sri Lanka Legends
Group B · Franchise 05
Open
BANGLADESH Legends MMXXVI
Bangladesh Legends
Group B · Franchise 06
Open
NEPAL Legends MMXXVI
Nepal Legends
Group B · Franchise 07
Open
ENGLAND Legends MMXXVI
England Legends
Group B · Franchise 08
In Term Sheet — 2
Open — 6
Owners may prefix the franchise: Damac India Legends, Sobha Pakistan Legends, Emaar UAE Legends.
Why the UAE

The one market where cricket, commerce, and capital converge.

No other city in the world hosts cricket's highest-value audiences, the deepest private capital pool in the region, and the strongest developer-buyer pipeline at the same time. Dubai does.

01 · Global Hub
8-hour flight

85% of the world reachable inside 8 hours. Dubai International is the Earth's busiest air corridor — owner attendees, players, and press on the ground without logistics friction.

02 · Premium Market
AED 761B

Dubai real estate transacted in 2024. 200+ family offices, 550k HNI residents. The densest concentration of private capital in the Gulf.

03 · Cricket Audience
Diaspora pole

Three of the world's most-watched cricket tournaments route through Dubai and Sharjah. Subcontinental diaspora audiences already live here — no acquisition cost.

04 · Business Prestige
Statement asset

A DPL UAE franchise sits in the same register as a Premier League box or a Monaco GP garage. Signals the owner is in the top tier of their category.

Ideal Owners

Who should own a franchise.

Ownership is not for every brand. It is for the ones whose business case benefits from sustained, broadcast-grade exposure to high-value buyers across the UAE, India, and GCC.

01

Real Estate Developers

Master-planned communities, luxury towers, hospitality. Buyer audiences live exactly where the broadcast lands.

02

Private Banks & Wealth

Private banking, wealth management, family-office networks. Own the most concentrated HNI hospitality venue in the region.

03

Brokerages

Property, equity, forex, insurance. Scale trust at the speed of broadcast.

04

Conglomerates

Diversified groups seeking a flagship brand asset that ladders across verticals — a single story, a single team.

05

HNIs & Family Offices

Single or syndicated private ownership. A legacy brand asset — equity with visibility, held in a premium name.

06

Consumer Brands

Automotive, luxury, aviation, F&B, telecom, fashion. Category brands that want to sit above the category for a full 12-month window.

Built on the Governance Bar

A league sequenced before it is sold.

DPL UAE is built with the governance bar of international T10/T20 leagues. Advisory assembled, sanction pathway sequenced, broadcast discussions advanced — all ahead of franchise close.

Governance
Advisory

Developers, cricket leaders, broadcast executives, private capital.

Sanction
Regional

Pathway engaged with relevant cricket boards and host authorities.

Broadcast
In Discussion

Linear + OTT partners under active negotiation across key territories.

Venue
Shortlisted

DI Stadium / Sharjah / ICC Academy — final lock with title partner.

In Conversation With
Tier-1 Developer Regional Broadcaster Private Bank Luxury Auto Marque Sovereign Venue Family Office OTT Partner Aviation Group Tier-1 Developer Regional Broadcaster Private Bank Luxury Auto Marque Sovereign Venue Family Office OTT Partner Aviation Group

Names published post term-sheet. No pre-announcement without owner permission.

Owner Questions

The honest questions.

Why is this priced privately?

Franchise value is driven by the commercial terms layered into the agreement — revenue share, expansion rights, content licensing, marketing rights. Publishing a single number understates the optionality. Price is disclosed after NDA, on a structured call, alongside the full economic model.

What does ownership actually buy me?

Naming and kit rights on one of the eight national teams. Full exposure across the eight brand surfaces (jersey, dugout, LED, broadcast, digital, press, trophy, VIP). Central revenue share. Hospitality rights. Player content rights for 12 months. Right of first refusal on Season 02 and geographic expansion. Five-year term with renewal.

What is the opex for the owner?

Player salaries, travel, kit, coaching staff, and match-day operations are handled centrally by the league. Owner opex is limited to marketing, hospitality, and any campaign creative the owner wants to produce using the licensed rights.

How are squads built — is it national players only?

Each of the eight national squads pairs home-country legends with foreign T10/T20 professionals drawn from the rest of the world — West Indies, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Zimbabwe, Scotland, and beyond. National identity stays front-of-shirt; the cricket stays world-class.

What happens if the eighth slot does not close?

Season 01 does not ship with fewer than eight teams. If a targeted owner does not close, allocated capital and strategic brand partners from the reserve list activate. The eighth flag is always flown.

Can multiple brands co-own one franchise?

Syndicated ownership is permitted with a named lead owner. The lead owner carries naming rights and takes the seat on the league's owner council. Economics are structured inside the ownership entity at the owners' discretion.
Owner Enquiry

Request the prospectus.

Serious ownership enquiries only. Response within 24 hours with a private call slot and a mutual NDA. After signing, the data room opens the same day — deck, economics, distribution, sanction, governance.

Handled under mutual NDA — zero outbound list
Response within 24 hours, Dubai business hours
Calls only with the commercial principal

Under NDA. Response from the commercial principal only. No outbound list, no third-party marketing.

Lock Your Seat

Eight teams.
One owner each.
Then it's Season 02.

Season 01 closes ahead of the broadcast-partner announcement. After that, the seat at the table is Season 02 — at Season 02 terms.