Reebok to tog our cricketers

Chris DHAMBARAGE

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) yesterday signed a three-year contract with Reebok India as the official outfitter of their cricket team. Under this agreement Reebok will provide all sports clothing requirements for the national team, Sri Lanka ‘A’ team, under 19, under 17 and under 15 teams.

In fact the Sri Lanka team that will compete in the International Cricket Council Twenty20 World Cup in England will be sporting the newly designed gear manufactured by Reebok.

Reebok which has established itself as a household name in Sri Lanka Cricket’s first international sports clothing brand and was chosen through a meticulous tender process to ensure that the right choice was made and the best for the national team.

This is of course not the first time that Reebok has been associated with Sri Lanka Cricket as three of the current national players Muttiah Muralitharan, Mahela Jayawardena and Ajantha Mendis are also Reebok sponsored players.

Reebok will now take on the mantle to provide the entire Sri Lanka team with the state of the art apparel footwear and equipment to empower the team to fulfil their true potential.

Reebok has been dominating cricket in the sub continent and players of the calibre of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan have all been Reebok brand ambassadors from the time they started their career.

In addition emerging cricketers such as Rohit Sharma, Ishant Sharma, Gautam Gambhir, Yusuf Pathan, Piyush Chawla, Robin Uthappa and many others are part of the Reebok family.

Reebok is also the official outfitter of four IPL teams namely Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings, Punjab Kings XI and Bangalore Royal Challengers.