Why BCCI turned down the generous sponsorship offer from Richard Branson’s airline company

The Indian cricket team had a disastrous tour of Australia where they were pounded in the Test series and then failed to qualify for the final of the One-Day International tri-series featuring Australia and England as the other two teams.

Billionaire Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Airlines offered to sponsor the Indian cricket team to the tune of multi-million pounds. The Board of Control for Cricket in India were tempted by the generous offer made by Branson’s company. However, they turned down the offer.

An insider of the BCCI revealed the reasons: “We can’t have Virgin written on the shirts of our players when we’re getting screwed in every match! For the first time in recent years, the cricketing fans will finally agree with some sensible the BCCI has done!

The Indian cricket team had a disastrous tour of Australia where they were pounded in the Test series and then failed to qualify for the final of the One-Day International tri-series featuring Australia and England as the other two teams. Midway through the Test series, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni retired from  Test cricket and the media was abuzz with infighting within the team. In short, the team was getting screwed on and off the field.

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