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Actor Sanjay Dutt Turns Team Owner of “Sirsa Gullies”
T-10 Gully Cricket Season 2 all set for 19th January Kick Off |
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17th January 2010, SIRSA, Haryana: The T-10 Gully Cricket Season 2 has added another feather to its cap with Bollywood star and actor Sanjay Dutt coming forward to own and patronize “Sirsa Gullies”, the Sirsa Cricket Team.
 Dutt is newest glittering name in the burgeoning list of Bollywood stars who have lent their support to T-10 Gully Cricket Season 2 - A Unique Talent Hunt cum Social Initiative for all cricket enthusiasts & young Indians to showcase their talent. Actor Riteish Deshmukh is the brand ambassador of this initiative while actors Jimmy Shergill, Rajpal Yadav and Divya Dutta have been signed as the proud owners of Jalandhar Gullies, Kanpur Gullies & Ludhiana Gullies respectively. “T-10 Gully Cricket provides an excellent platform to the youngsters to showcase their talent. There are some extremely brilliant players who play in the gullies of our country, and in the process have sharpened their skills continuously bettering their performances. Its time that their skills are projected in front of the country and they get their credit,” said Sanjay Dutt. Dutt will own the promising “Sirsa Gullies” team, the debutants of this season, and will be responsible for marketing and promoting it in India. He will be involved from grass root level in all the team aspects from grooming of the players to cheering and supporting them in the stadium etc. He will also be instrumental in promoting this social cause & garnering various corporate sponsorships for his team in this season. Dutt is extremely confident that Sirsa will be the winner this season. “I am genuinely delighted to be an owner of this promising and talented team,” said Sanjay Dutt, Team Owner, Sirsa Gullies. “This talent hunt will give an opportunity to showcase their talent and live their passion of playing cricket. I will be personally involved in all the aspects of my team and appeal to corporates, institutions and society as a whole to extend their co-operation & support for this social cause. The talent hunt byT-10 Gully Cricket Season 2, Ab Har Koi Khelega’ will begin from 19th January – 3rd February, 2010 in Sirsa, Haryana. This shorter and entertaining format of 10 overs each side encapsulated in 90 mins will be played amongst 17 teams. The Group, Super 8, Semi – Finals & Finals will be played at Jan Nayak Chaudhary Devi Lal National Cricket Academy, Sirsa and will be telecast LIVE on DD Sports 19th January onwards, everyday at 4:30 pm. Mr. Digvijay Singh Chautala, President, Jan Nayak Chaudhary Devi Lal National Cricket Academy (JCDNCA) said, “It’s our honour and privilege to have Sanjay Dutt onboard as the owner of Sirsa Gullies. His participation and taking the ownership of our team is highly appreciated and we are grateful for his gesture. I am sure under his guidance and support we will be able to give our best performances.” This is first-of-its kind, mega night cricket tournament between the participating 17 cities. These teams feature non–first class cricketers in the age group of 15- 24 years. A total of 39 games will be played in this edition to crown the winning city of this prestigious T-10 Gully Cricket- Season 2. Go Air has partnered with T-10 Gully Cricket- Season 2 as the Travel Partner and KG Sports as the Kit Partner. The Season 2 which commenced the selection process from September 26th had total of 80,000 entries collectively from 17 cities. These matches will be played amidst players from Nashik, Latur, Surat, Daman, Allahabad, Lucknow, Kanpur, Gwalior, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Panchkula, Ludhiana, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Ballia, Patna & Sirsa. Reasonable Communications recently signed Jimmy Shergill, Rajpal Yadav , Divya Dutta & Prachi Desai as proud owners of Jalandhar Gullies, Kanpur Gullies , Ludhiana Gullies & Surat Gullies respectively. It is aiming to disburse individual ownership of teams in Season 2, it will follow the city franchisee model. The Bollywood stars will support and stand by their teams throughout the tournament. Anoop Wadhwa, Director Reasonable Communications Pvt Ltd said: "We are extremely happy to have Sanjay Dutt as a proud team owner of the Sirsa Gullies. Sirsa Gullies is a very promising and strong contender in this season. We are confident that with Sanjay’s participation and support the team will strive for higher goals. Over the past season T-10 Gully Cricket has taken off on an unprecedented scale and has also attracted a far wider audience. This unique format was initiated with a noble cause in mind of bringing forth amazing display of cricketing skills from youngsters from different walks of life from smaller cities. Seasoned and very popular Hindi Film actor Sanjay Dutt like every other Indian loves cricket and has been a staunch follower of cricket. His sheer association with T-10 Gully Cricket- Season 2 proves his love for the sport. He believes that sports helps in building a persons personality and hence has come forward to encourage the youngsters and be part of cricket, the sport he loves, as the Team Owner of Sirsa Gullies. He also believes that the concept is promoting talent in far flung villages and talukas which is also in line with JCDV,s Vision and philosophy . About Reasonable Communications Pvt. Ltd: Reasonable Communications Pvt Ltd. Promoted by Ashok Wadhwa and Anoop Wadhwa is an established name in the Media & Television Marketing Industry. They have marketed successful serials for reputed production houses like Balaji Telefilms, UTV Software, BR TV, Mukta Arts etc and also produced a major long-running serial Kashmakash Zindagi Ki for DD-1.They have recently launched another daily serial titled Kasak currently being aired on Doordarshan. They also run successful sites like www.criccontest.com and www.t10gullycricket.org. For Further Information Please Contact: Anoop Wadhwa Director, Reasonable Communications Ph: 098210 44527 |
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