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PadelPark India merges with MS Dhoni's 7Padel

By Startup Enthusiast · 7 January 2026

What they do

PadelPark India builds and manages padel courts across India

It merged with MS Dhoni's 7Padel to create a unified national padel platform

The merged entity plans to expand to 400–500 courts in the next year

PadelPark India merged with MS Dhoni's 7Padel on 7 January 2026.
The goal is to create India's leading padel ecosystem.
The unified platform aims for rapid scale, community engagement, and professional play.
Parth Jindal, founder of JSW Sports and early investor in PadelPark India, backs the merged entity.
The merger brings together PadelPark's infrastructure and 7Padel's brand power.
The combined entity will operate under the 7Padel MS Dhoni customer-facing brand.

Padel is one of India's fastest-growing sports.
India had only 70 padel courts in 2023, but 300 in 2026.
Globally, there are 77,300 padel courts across 150 countries.
Over 10 million racquet sport players exist in India.
30% of PadelPark's queries come from non-metro cities, showing demand beyond metros.

PadelPark India is a turf sporting startup founded in 2020, based in Mumbai.
It makes money by leasing padel courts, offering coaching classes, and hosting events.
Through its subsidiary Sky Padel India, it builds, leases, and sells courts.
The platform includes SkyPadel (infrastructure), Indian Padel Tour (competitions), and Indian Padel Academy (training).
It is the exclusive distributor of Bullpadel products in India.
PadelPark India manages over 40 courts and has built over 200 courts across India.
The company turned EBITDA positive in FY24.

Expand beyond metro cities to non-metro cities like Chandigarh, Kochi, Surat, Jaipur.
Scale a franchise-based model for court expansion.
Target 400–500 courts in the next year.

Parth Jindal (existing) — Founder of JSW Sports, early investor in PadelPark India.