Published: May 13, 2017, 05:28 PM (IST)
Edited: May 16, 2017, 05:33 PM (IST)
Kolkata: Gujarat based dairy giant Amul will be the prime sponsor of the New Zealand cricket team in the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy that starts on June 1 in England. “Amul will be the principal sponsors of the New Zealand cricket team for the upcoming Champions Trophy,” RS Sodhi, managing director of Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation announced at a press conference. The Blackcaps, who are in the same group with Australia, England and Bangladesh in the Champion’s trophy, would sport a new jersey with the Amul logo on its chest during the tournament. Expressing his excitement about the new tie-up, James Wear, the commercial director of New Zealand Cricket, said they were keen on a long term partnership with GCMMF. Jimmy Neesham believes ICC’s new finance model ‘a step in the right direction’
“We, on behalf of New Zealand Cricket are very excited. We are looking towards at least a couple of months and hopefully a long term partnership,” Wear said with Kiwi players Trent Boult, Tim Southee and Colin De Grandhomme by his side. Meanwhile, New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham — perhaps the first active cricketer to comment about ICC’s new finance model — took to Twitter to say that it was a step in the right direction and now there is a good reason to be optimistic about the future. ICC Champions Trophy 2017: All team squads
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— Amul.coop (@Amul_Coop) May 16, 2017
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