boAt is ‘Official Audio Partner’ for six IPL Teams
NEW DELHI: boAt – a consumer tech brand that is an amalgamation of action sports, music, and fashion becomes the official audio sponsor for six IPL teams -Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Capitals, and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
boAt has been partnering with IPL teams since 2018, and this year the brand has leaped by becoming the audio sponsor for six teams. boAt has launched limited-edition earphones, headphones, and speakers inspired by the insignia and colors of the teams, to cater to the fans of the respective teams. The starting price of these licensed products is Rs 499 and will be available online on sites like Amazon.in, Flipkart, and more.
The brand’s very own boAtheads (brand ambassadors) Hardik Pandya, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, and KL Rahul will also be playing with the respective teams. With the brand motto of bringing stadium experience to the home, the association this time is bigger than ever
IMG Reliance has been working closely with boAt on all their sports partnerships. On boAt and associations, IMG Reliance head of sales Nikhil Bardia commented, “Excited to have boAt as our official audio partners, they truly know how to increase the decibel of excitement for the millennial of the country.”
Work from home (WFH), workout from home, cinema at home, and study from home has acted as catalyst and boAt has witnessed a 20 per cent surge in demand for its products in Covid2019 times. The brand has also crossed Rs 500 crore (FY 2019-20) in gross revenues in just over 4 years. The ‘Made for India’ brand has ramped up quickly and is now ranked as the No.1 brand in the earwear (headphones & earphones) segment, with around 20 per cent market share as per the data released by leading IT market research and advisory firm International Data Corporation (IDC).