Our Vision
GMR Sports aims to help India become a sporting powerhouse in the years to come.
Delhi Capitals
Delhi Capitals is a cricket franchise co-owned by GMR Sports and JSW Group which participates in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Women's Premier League (WPL). Former Australian Skipper, Ricky Ponting is the head coach of the men's team with David Warner leading the boys on the ground while the women's team is led by Meg Lanning on the field driven by Jonathan Batty's expertise as the head coach.
Dubai Capitals
Dubai Capitals is a cricket franchise in the International League T20, a new T20 league tournament to be held in the United Arab Emirates. Owned by the GMR Group, Dubai Capitals are among the six franchise teams set to take part in the ILT20. Rovman Powell, a prominent member of our sister team Delhi Capitals, has been appointed to lead the Dubai Capitals squad. Sri Lanka's Dasun Shanaka will be his deputy. Phil Simmons will be the first-ever coach of the Dubai Capitals team. The West Indian was most recently in charge of the Windies national cricket team.
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India Capitals
Legends League Cricket T20 (LLC) is comprised of players who have retired from international cricket. We are 1 out of the 4 franchises which were part of the inaugural season of LLC which was played from 17th Sep to 5th Oct 2022.
It was a double round-robin format league with matches being held at Kolkata, Lucknow, Delhi, Cuttack and Jodhpur. The final was played between India Capitals and Bhilwara Kings in Jaipur with India Capitals emerging as the Champions. The league was broadcasted live on the Disney network (Star Sports and Disney+Hotstar). #IndiaCapitals
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UP Yoddhas
U.P. Yoddhas is a kabaddi franchise in Pro Kabaddi, a professional men's Kabbadi league in India.U.P. Yoddhas is owned by the GMR Group and is among the 12 participating teams in the PKL.
The Yoddhas have the distinction of being the team to qualify for the PKL playoffs in every season since their debut in 2017. Pardeep Narwal, the record holder for most raid points in Pro Kabaddi history (1,348), will lead U.P. Yoddhas' challenge for a first league title alongside captain Nitesh Kumar at PKL 9.
Nitesh, who has been with the Yoddhas since the team's inception, was the first PKL player to score 100 tackle points in a single campaign (2018-19). His career tackle points record (279) makes him one of the most successful defenders in the competition's history. #YoddhasHum #SaansRokSeenaThok
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Telugu Yoddhas
Telugu Yoddhas is a Kho Kho franchise in the Ultimate Kho Kho, the inaugural franchise-based Kho Kho league taking place this year from 14th August to 4th September 2022, in Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune.
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Seattle Orcas
GMR Sports has entered into a strategic partnership with Seattle Orcas, a franchise cricket team that represents the Greater Seattle Area, and the Pacific Northwest in Major League Cricket (MLC), USA's new professional cricket league.
About us
GMR Sports, the sports division for GMR Group was incorporated in 2008 coinciding with the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League.
GMR Sports was created with the vision to utilise sports as a platform to help form a connect with the community at large, and Cricket as a sport was the best platform to kick start this connection, thereby leading to the group's first-ever sports initiative.
Delhi Capitals – Delhi's first ever cricket franchise and the only one that represented the national capital of India, marked the beginning of this venture.
Soon GMR Sports led the way in furthering their goals with the addition of another sport that in the truest sense connected the Indian community in a strong way
UP Yoddhas – The Pro Kabaddi League's Franchise representing India's largest state Uttar Pradesh was just that step towards providing the community with another reason to celebrate.
In 2022, the Ultimate Kho Kho, a franchise representing the Telugu Speaking Region of India – Telugu Yoddhas were formed, making GMR Sports take another giant step of not only supporting indigenous sports but also giving another reason for the communities of the region to bond together in unison celebrating sports
In 2022, GMR Sports has expanded its footprints into the International Sports Leagues after acquiring the Dubai franchise of the International League T20 - Dubai Capitals, in UAE's newly announced T20 Cricket League
Our mission
GMR Sports aims to help India become a sporting powerhouse in the years to come..