Bang For The Buck: Siraj And Bumrah Give A Good Start For Apollo Tyres!

Apollo Tyres with a reported revenue of $ 3.1 billion for 2025 seems to have made a winning start — displaying its brand name by way of front-of-shirt advertisement in India’s senior men cricketers seen in action against the West Indies at the Narendra Modi Stadium. The women in blue playing the ICC Women’s World Cup are likely to sport a new top with the Apollo Tyres brand in the second match against Pakistan in Colombo, but the tyre company has set off with a smooth run with Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj in action for 14 overs each on the first day of the first Test. The company has signed a record deal worth around Rs 580 crore up to March 2028. Apollo Tyres replaced Dream XI as the front of shirt sponsors after the Union government outlawed real-money online games in the country. The focus was on India’s 11 players on the field after the West Indies chose to bat winning the toss. By tea time India’s new ball operators in Bumrah (3 wkts) and Siraj (4 wkts) were calling the shots. Siraj is taking the centre for the team in flannels with Bumrah not at his very best because of a nagging back. The live wire from Charminar city scythed through the West Indies top order and Bumrah came into his own in the third spell of six overs plus in which he bowled at 140 kmph plus to uproot the stumps of two West Indies batters. With Mohammed Shami not in the reckoning, Siraj with 100 plus Test wickets is seen as an ideal foil to Bumrah and all set to even don the bowling leadership cap, very soon!