Indiantelevision.com Team

(13 March 2008 5:00 pm)

NEW DELHI: Real estate developer Pioneer Urban will be sponsoring the Indian Cricket League's (ICL) Delhi team for an undisclosed amount.

Delhi Giants is led by former captain of the Sri Lankan team Marvan Atapattu. The other players in the team are Shane Bond, Avishka Gunavardene, Nic Pothas, Dale Benkenstein, Abbas Ali, Abid Nabi, Ali Murtaza, Dhruv Mahajan, J.P Yadav and Shalabh Srivastav.

Pioneer Urban managing director Manish Periwal, a cricket enthusiast himself, said: "We are overwhelmed to be associated with the ICL. As a company we want to help bring together the young talent pool of India and nurture their professional capability up to the international standard. This format of cricket literally changes the rules of the game much as we intend doing to the business of real estate.”

ICL's Mumbai team is sponsored by Dabur Glucose while the Hyderabad Heroes team is backed by Bharatstudent.com. ICL has roped in financial services company Edelweiss Capital as its title sponsor.