Sahara India Pariwar, a major
business conglomerate, launched its polo team – Sahara Warriors — for
participation in national and international tournaments.The team played its debut game at the Indian Masters Polo
Tournament in New Delhi on Friday.The team
consists of renowned players such as Samir Suhag, Adhiraj Singh, George
Meyrick, Max Charlton and Siddhant Sharma.
Speaking about
the new initiative, Roy commented, “We are proud to associate ourselves with
this great game, which has created legends in the past. I feel really honoured
to be associated with the royal sport of Polo it has its roots in India and
represents the glorious heritage of India. Sahara India Pariwar is happy to be
associated with this iconic sport and I hope it will provide encouragement to
both the sport and the sportsmen. We are also hopeful, that following our
efforts to encourage Polo, other corporate entities will also come forward to
support which will eventually benefit the game and its exponents.”
The team uniform
of Sahara Warriors is blue and white with Indian National tri-colour strips.
The team uniform is designed by the celebrated costume designer Neeta Lulla.
Apart from
Indian Masters Polo, Sahara Warriors will also play the upcoming Sir Pratap
Singh Cup and Baroda Cup at Delhi and Royal Salute Cup at Jodhpur, this year.
In January, the team will play the Mount Shivalik Trophy and Vodafone Sirmur
Cup at Jaipur and in February, the team will participate in Scindhia Gold Cup
and Northern India Polo Trophy at Delhi.
Nice informative post...Well not only in india ...Sahara is the sponser og Bangladesh Cricket and it is trying to venture to other countries as well...
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