Trident Foundation to sponsor cricket teams in Punjab

Ludhiana, September 5

Trident Foundation has bagged sponsorship rights for the promotion of cricket in the state.

Deepak Sharma, chief executive officer (CEO), Punjab Cricket Association (PCA), said the foundation had offered to sponsor Punjab men and women cricket teams in all formats of the game in the senior and junior sections, besides the PCA official website, regional coaching centres (RCC) for all 20 district members after calling of expression of interest (EOI) by the association for an initial period of two years.

The foundation initially would spend nearly Rs 2 crore per year on promotion of cricket in the state, he said.

He said the foundation would also sponsor teams of three districts — Barnala, Mansa and Sangrur.

Sharma said it had also offered special sponsorship for 50 best cricketers (25 boys and 25 girls). — OC

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