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Rajpal Yadav takes over as owner of Kanpur Gullies
MUMBAI: T-10 Gully Cricket Season 2, Ab Har Koi Khelega‘ that kick-started its second season has signed actor Rajpal Yadav as a team owner of Kanpur Gullies. Yadav has paid Rs 4 million to take control of the team.
Yadav will own this team and will be responsible for marketing and promoting it. He will be involved from the grass-root level in all the aspects of the team from selection, grooming of the players to cheering them in the stadium etc.
He will also be instrumental in promoting this social cause and garnering various corporate sponsorships for his team in this season.
Said Yadav, “Genuinely delighted to be an owner of this wonderful team, it gives me an opportunity to connect with my roots, as I am primarily from Kanpur. For decades this city and this state has always displayed extraordinary sporting skills in all disciplines, but many of these talents never got their due credit, Kanpur Gullies being the semi finalists in the first season only consolidates their cricketing prowess.
“T-10 Gully Cricket format comes across at an apt stage for 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. It‘s time that their skills are projected in front of the country and they get their deserved due.”
Incidentally, Kanpur Gullies had been a promising semi finalist in the T-10 Gully Cricket Season 1 and had powerhouse performances delivered by all its players.
Organisers, Reasonable Communications is aiming to disburse individual ownership for each team for all the 16 teams in Season 2. It will follow the city franchisee model for which discussions are on at various levels with local celebrities and corporates who have national appeal.
This season 2 that commenced from 26 September will be played amongst 896 players from 64 teams in Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Panchkula, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Balia, Patna, Gwalior, Lucknow, Kanpur, Allahabad, Surat, Nashik, Latur & Daman and will be telecast live on DD Sports while its highlights will be shown on DD 1.
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Ashish Limaye bags gold and bronze at Montelibretti 2026 event
Indian rider shines in Italy, gains ground ahead of higher-level tests
MUMBAI: Ashish Limaye delivered a strong performance on the international stage, clinching both gold and bronze at the FEI Eventing Competition Montelibretti 2026 held in Italy earlier this month.
Competing against riders from across the globe, Limaye secured the top podium finish in the CCI 2 Long Format riding Easy Turn, registering a score of 30.2 in a field that featured participants from five nations. He followed it up with a bronze medal in the CCI 2 Short Format aboard Willy Be Dun, scoring 32 in a much larger and highly competitive pool of 66 riders representing nine countries.
Reflecting on the outing, Fédération Equestre Internationale event rider Ashish Limaye said, “Riding at Montelibretti was amazing. To compete with such talented riders from around the world was fantastic. I’m really happy with the results and the effort our team has put in.”
Beyond the podium finishes, Limaye also achieved a milestone result on D’Avril du Pinier, earning a Minimum Eligibility Requirement, bringing him closer to qualifying for the FEI World Equestrian Games.
While the Montelibretti competition was not a direct qualifier for major multi-sport events, it serves as a crucial stepping stone as Limaye prepares to move up to the more demanding CCI 3 level.
With momentum firmly on his side, the Indian rider now looks set to build on this success as he targets bigger stages in the global equestrian circuit.
