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Star Sports ropes in nine sponsors for IND vs NZ series
Mumbai: Sports broadcaster Star Sports has roped in nine sponsors for PayTM India vs New Zealand 2021 series that will begin on 17 November. As part of the series, both teams will play three T20s and two test matches.
The broadcaster has signed BYJU’s, Dream11, Maruti Suzuki, Kamala Pasand, and Dhani as “co-presenting” sponsors, and Aakash (BYJU’s), MakeMyTrip, WhiteHat Jr, and Great Learning as “associate” sponsors.
The sponsors were revealed after the network kicked off its #Believeinblue campaign. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the squad line-up for the series. The Indian cricket team will be sending Ajinkya Rahane (captain), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara (vice-captain), Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), KS Bharat (wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Axar Patel, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Md Siraj and Prasidh Krishna to play against New Zealand in Jaipur. Virat Kohli will join the squad for the second test match and will lead the team.
