U-Foam were an Indian first-class cricket team, sponsored by the Indian polyurethane foam manufacturer U-Foam,[1] that competed in the Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament in 1972–73 and 1973–74.
Captained by M. L. Jaisimha, they finished runners-up in the tournament each time, playing five matches in all, losing one and drawing the other four.
Apart from Jaisimha, the team included the Test players Sunil Gavaskar, E. A. S. Prasanna, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Kumar Indrajitsinhji and Mohinder Amarnath, and they dominated their first two matches, progressing through to the final on the basis of their first-innings lead in each match.
[5] U-Foam gained a 23-run first-innings lead over Birhan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate in the semi-final in 1973–74[6] and played State Bank of India again in the final.
State Bank of India gained a 97-run first-innings lead in the drawn match, thereby winning the tournament.