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MUMBAI:
The Essel Group’s Indian Cricket League (ICL) stakeholder
and actor Mithun Chakraborty announced a strategic alliance
between the Howrah Union Club and his team, the Royal Bengal
Tigers (RBT). The formation of a separate company called the
Royal Bengal Sports Pvt Ltd was also announced along with
the launch of the team website – www.theroyalbengaltigers.com.
Chakraborty
said, “This announcement cements my association with
ICL which was formulated in March 2008 with the objective
of endorsing and promoting sports in my native West Bengal.
The alliance between my team and the Howrah Union Club is
a one-of-its-kind initiative, which aims to take Bengal’s
local sports talent, across sporting disciplines, on the path
of creating national sports icons from Bengal.”
ICL
business head Himanshu Mody said, “Howrah Union’s
sporting heritage and ICL’s in-depth understanding of
the modern sports environment will propel sports in West Bengal
a long way forward. ICL acknowledges Mithunda’s role
as an architect of this alliance. We are sure that his iconic
status in West Bengal will help promote both the organisations
and its sportsmen in the Indian sports scenario.”
RBT
business head Rajib Chatterjee said, “We, at Essel Sports,
see this alliance as an opportunity where we could readily
take both cricket and football to the highest level and contribute
to the cause of sports in the country.”
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