Indiantelevision.com Team

(31 March 2008 8:30 pm)

MUMBAI: The Delhi franchise of Indian Premier League (IPL) Delhi Daredevils has roped in Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar as the brand ambassador.

In New Delhi, Kumar unveiled the playing uniforms for the team made by global sports brand adidas.

"I was born and brought up in Delhi. I am a huge cricket fan. It will be great to endorse cricket," said Kumar.

adidas India's MD Andreas Gellner said, "adidas is making sure that the Delhi Daredevils will look and feel cool on the field during the IPL, and this is purely owing to the kits that they will be sporting. Our endeavour is to see the Delhi Daredevils perform at their best and win in the 3-Stripes."

Daredevil's icon player and captain Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Shoaib Malik and Mohammed Asif were also present at the event.

With the entry of Akshay Kumar, now the Delhi IPL team also has a celebrity as Kolkata and Mohali teams already have Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta.