Mangaluru, Oct 5: With gusto and glitter in the air, the cricket team of coastaldigest.com was officially launched along with the team's official jersey and theme song at a ceremony held at Forum Fiza Mall, in the city on Sunday evening.
Coastaldigest.com is one of the 12 cricket teams participating in Amaco Mangalore Premiere League 2015.
The team launch ceremony was punctuated with entertaining performances. Gagan Gaonkar, acclaimed young singer, held the rapt attention of the audience with his melodious songs.
Artiste Sandy enthralled the music lovers by presenting a mixed version of old and new Bollywood songs, while child artiste Shreya Das stole the show through her dances. The players’ ramp walk and jersey dance by MJ7 were highlights of the event.
Speaking on the occasion NC Aiyappa, who had represented Rajasthan Royals in last IPL, thanked coastaldigest.com for including him in the team and expressed confidence that his team will be the champion of Amaco MPL 2015.
Addressing the crowd, Asif Amaco, the CEO of Amaco Group of Companies and title sponsor of MPL 2015, said that the tournament scheduled to take place in December this year has created a platform for untapped talent in Mangaluru zone. He said that cricket is one of the means to unite people in this region.
Karnataka State Cricket Association convenor (Mangalore Zone) Manohar Amin, MPL organiser and Karnataka Regional Cricket Academy chairperson Mohammed Sirajuddin, convenor Imthiyaz and owners and representatives of other MPL teams were present among others. Madhu compered the programme.
Senior wicket keeper batsman Ibrahim Athrady was declared captain of the team. The squad includes N C Aiyappa, Sandeep Bhandary, Daniel Sequeira, Vikram P S, Mohammed Aiman, Roshan Shetty, Sandeep Bhandary, Sonith Shetty, Somanath Shetty, Sachin G, Kishan, Tasleem, Naveen, Norman and Adithya Somanna. Ren Trevor Dias is the coach of the team.
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