JSW Steel on Wednesday announced Rishabh Pant as the as their brand ambassador. Pant is a wicketkeeper-batsman for IPL franchise Delhi Capitals which is co-owned by JSW. The young wicketkeeper-batsman was signed for three-years to promote JSW's steel products which include JSW Colouron+ color coated sheets & JSW Neosteel TMT bars. "I am very happy to partner with JSW Steel. I sincerely believe that this is the beginning of a very long and exciting association," Pant said. "As a brand we believe that we are young, hungry, fearless and world class, the same traits we see in Rishabh Pant. We are thrilled to have Rishabh as our brand ambassador and have no doubt that this partnership will be beneficial and increase the recall for the JSW Neosteel and JSW Coloron+ brands," said Parth Jindal of JSW Group.
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Under the new ICC rule, a player who has been concussed either while batting, bowling or on the field, can be withdrawn from the game and be replaced subject to approval by the match referee
While DC have released six players to the auction pool, they have retained the core of the team in Dhawan, Shaw, Iyer, Pant, Rabada, Ishant, Lamichhane and Amit Sharma
Ashwin also said that his IPL move to Delhi Capitals wasn't really something that he asked for.
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Interestingly, rumours were also doing the rounds that if not a co-owner, Gambhir might also be roped in as mentor since that position has been left vacant after former mentor Sourav Ganguly
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