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  • Uber flips the script with Gambhir and Ashwin in playful new campaign

    Uber flips the script with Gambhir and Ashwin in playful new campaign

    MUMBAI: When Gautam Gambhir smiles in an ad, you know the commute must be smooth. Uber India has rolled out a fresh campaign featuring cricket stalwarts Gautam Gambhir and Ravichandran Ashwin, casting them not in their usual serious avatars but in refreshingly playful moods as they zip around in Uber rides.

    The series of films, peppered with social-first content, shows how Uber Auto, Bike and Car rides can turn India’s daily grind of traffic snarls, heat and hassle into journeys that are reliable, affordable and surprisingly uplifting.

    “We wanted to bring a fresh, fun lens to Uber’s role in removing everyday travel struggles. With the unexpected duo of Gambhir and Ashwin, we’ve created a light-hearted take on how Uber makes rides not just reliable and affordable, but also mood uplifting. Our aim is to be the go-to brand for young Indian aspirers, one that connects function with feeling and nudges even non-users to try Uber for the first time,” said Uber head of marketing for India and South Asia Ameya Velankar.

    The campaign takes a culture-first approach, rolling out in multiple regional languages and markets, tapping into local humour, pop culture cues and everyday commuting insights. The wide rollout spans TV, digital, social platforms, and outdoor, ensuring Uber’s message is seen and felt across urban India.

    Uber today operates across two-, three- and four-wheelers, along with buses and mass transit options, giving millions of Indians flexibility to pick rides that suit their budget, need and time. From the quick bike dash to beat gridlock, to a trusty auto or a comfortable car trip, Uber has woven itself into India’s urban fabric.

    With creative duties handled by FCB India and media by Essence Mediacomm, the campaign underscores Uber’s positioning as more than just a ride, it’s a mood-changer. By making cricket’s most no-nonsense players break into grins, Uber hopes to convince even the most commute-weary Indian that travel can be a happy ride after all.

  • BridgeLabz onboards Ravichandran Ashwin as brand ambassador

    BridgeLabz onboards Ravichandran Ashwin as brand ambassador

    NEW DELHI: Tech employability incubator BridgeLabz has roped in cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin as its new brand ambassador. Ashwin will represent BridgeLabz in various capacities.

    BridgeLabz founder Narayan Mahadevan said, “Our association with Ashwin goes beyond a simple brand endorsement. He is with BridgeLabz because he is truly committed to addressing the social problem that currently prevails. Ashwin believes that employability can be solved through experiential learning. Plus, the fact that he’s an engineer makes him sympathetic to the trials and tribulations of job seekers. To us, Ashwin symbolises grit, passion, and the willingness to experiment with a never-say-die approach.”

    Ashwin said, “I am supporting the social impact that BridgeLabz is bringing by taking every engineer to a meaningful and gainful employment and make them part of a new age digital technology workforce that will keep them relevant for life. Being a cricketer, we try out and learn variations in nets guided by an experienced coach. In a similar manner, I feel BridgeLabz approach is a game changer of using experiential learning and job specific skilling by industry mentors to achieve 100 per cent employment. Hence being an engineer myself, I feel this is the best way to get to tech employment for all the job seekers.”

  • Beetel ropes in R Ashwin as its brand ambassador

    Beetel ropes in R Ashwin as its brand ambassador

    NEW DELHI: Beetel and its accessory brand FLiX have roped in Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin as brand ambassador. Ashwin will endorse the company’s products and services through advertising campaigns and several other promotional programmes.

    FLiX business head Puneet Gupta said he is very much excited to join hands with one of the finest bowlers in the world, adding that Ashwin's inclusion in marketing campaigns could help to target the masses in India. 

    "R Ashwin is a popular Indian icon. He is the new craze and a household name and hence is the apt choice to represent our brand and establish connect with our target group. With this association we aim to instil our presence in the Indian market as we pave way for aggressive expansion and growth plans for the brand. We also wish Ashwin the best of luck for the upcoming IPL season," shared Gupta. 

    Ashwin said, "I am thrilled to join the Beetel and FLiX Team. Personally, I have always been passionate about gadgets and emerging new tech trends. In sync with my interests and brands passion for technology, this collaboration will go a long way." 

    Beetel was founded in 1985, and is a pioneer in the landline phone category. Flix entered the Indian markets in September 2020 with a range of products that include TWS, audio, power, etc. The company outlined plans to rapidly expand its presence and penetration across India by introducing more than 40 products and can be found in over 5,000 retail outlets.

  • Hotstar to exclusively live-stream Paytm Ranji Trophy

    Hotstar to exclusively live-stream Paytm Ranji Trophy

    MUMBAI: Underscoring its position as the home of cricket, Hotstar, a video streaming platform, is the exclusive partner for the Paytm Ranji Trophy 2017-18. The Paytm Ranji Trophy, now in its 84th season, kicked off on October 6th with the group stage matches.

    This season of the Trophy is especially exciting as it will see a long list of Indian cricket stars in action – Ravichandran Ashwin, Cheteshwar Pujara, Murali Vijay, Ishant Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, to name a few.

    A Hotstar spokesperson said, “Hotstar has made large strides in providing a breakthrough sports viewing experience with innovations like the Fangraph and Key Moments. While the viewing devices could be individual, these innovations provide a more social and connected sports viewing experience, which raises the bar for a sports enthusiast. We are very excited to be the exclusive home of the Paytm Ranji Trophy this year.”

    “The Ranji Trophy has an illustrious and long history in India, and this season should be especially exciting considering the number of India’s international players that are going to be turning out for their teams. Given Hotstar’s cricket viewing experience, we are very excited to partner with them for this season of the Paytm Ranji Trophy,” added a BCCI spokesperson.

    The tournament, played between 28 teams from across India, moves into quarter finals on 7 December, with the final matches slated between 29 December 2017 and 2 January 2018.

    The tournament will be available, live, exclusively on Hotstar starting from the qualifier matches.

  • Twitter gets 800 million impressions during World Cup

    Twitter gets 800 million impressions during World Cup

    MUMBAI: In the group stages of the World Cup 2015, Twitter registered 800 million impressions for all the games. Indian captain MS Dhoni (@msdhoni) finished the group stage in style for India against Zimbabwe hitting a six and taking team India to the quarterfinals against Bangladesh. He also became the most mentioned Indian player on Twitter during the group stages of the #CWC15. He is followed by Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) and Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) in the list.

     

    Most mentioned Indian players in the group stages:

     

    Players ranked by number of mentions during #CWC15 Pool B matches

     

    1) MS Dhoni (@msdhoni)

     

    2) Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25)

     

    3) Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45)

     

    4) Virat Kohli (@imVkohli)

     

    5) Ravichandran Ashwin (@ashwinravi99)

     

    6) Suresh Raina (@ImRaina)

     

    While Dhoni rules as the most mentioned player among the Indian players, Kiwi skipper Brendon McCullum is the most mentioned among the international bunch. Pakistani captain Misbah ul-Haq and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara have more mentions than Dhoni.

     

    PM Modi ranks highest in the most retweeted list.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    On the other hand, the #INDvPAK match sweeps in the most impressions list among any other match played at the #CWC15.

     

    1. India (@BCCI) v Pakistan (@Official_PCB) on 15 February

     

    2. South Africa (@OfficialCSA)  v India (@BCCI) on 22 February

     

    3. West Indies (@westindies) v India (@BCCI) on 6 March

     

    4. England (@ECB_cricket) v Bangladesh (@BCBtigers) on 9 March

     

    5. South Africa (@OfficialCSA) v Pakistan (@Cricket_PCB) on 7 March

     

    Moreover, India’s opening win in the sequence of the six so far against Pakistan, also ranks top amongst the top Tweet moments per minute.

  • England and India seek improvement in Test Rankings

    England and India seek improvement in Test Rankings

    MUMBAI: The five-Test series between England and India gets underway in Nottingham on Wednesday 9 July, with both sides aiming to improve their rankings in the Reliance ICC Test Team Rankings Table.

     

    As things stand at present, India occupies fourth position with 102 ratings points, while England is one spot behind with 100 ratings points. Depending upon the outcome of the Test series, both teams can go as high as number three or drop to as low as number seven.

     

    For India, the equation is straightforward: a series win will be sufficient to help it leapfrog Pakistan into third position.

     

    However, a vault up the rankings is a bit trickier for England, which needs to win the series by a difference of no less than two Tests to take on third place. Victory by just one Test will help it swap places with India.

     

    Meanwhile, both teams can potentially drop to number seven. If India wins all five Tests, then Alastair Cook’s side will plummet to seventh position, while a 4-1 series result will see England slip to sixth. Conversely, if England wins the series by 4-0 or better, then India will drop to seventh spot.

     

    To find out exactly how the forthcoming series will affect the Rankings Table, please click here. The ODI and T20I Rankings tables, unlike the Test Rankings Table, are updated after every match.

     

    Movement is also expected on the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen.

     

    India’s Cheteshwar Pujara, static in seventh place, will have the opportunity to break into the top five, while Virat Kohli, who currently occupies tenth position, will have the chance to consolidate his place in the top 10.

     

    Pujara trails fifth-ranked Shivnarine Chanderpaul by 35 ratings points, while Kohli needs 16 ratings points to both move ahead of Ross Taylor of New Zealand and also break the 800-point barrier.

     

    Ian Bell, in 18th place, is the only batsman from England to find a place amongst the top 20.

     

    Outside the top 20, batsmen likely to be seen in action from both the sides are Alistair Cook (21st), Joe Root (26th), MS Dhoni (29th), Matt Prior (32nd), Rohit Sharma (33rd), Murali Vijay (42nd), Ajinikya Rahane (45th) and Shikhar Dhawan (50th).

     

    Gary Ballance and Sam Robson, who did well for England against Sri Lanka, are in 83rd and 94th places, respectively.

     

    India’s Ravichandran Ashwin in seventh position is the highest-ranked bowler from either side in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers. James Anderson (12th) and Stuart Broad (14th) are the other bowlers to feature inside the top 20.

     

    Other bowlers to watch out for are Ishant Sharma (23rd), Ravindra Jadeja (26th), Mohammed Shami (33rd), Ben Stokes (46th), Liam Plunkett (50th), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (73rd) and Chris Woakes (118th).
     

    In the All-rounders’ table, Ashwin (second) and Stuart Broad (fifth) feature in the top five.

     

    Series schedule:

     

    9-13 July – 1st Test, Nottingham

    17-21 July – 2nd Test, Lord’s

    27-31 July – 3rd Test, Southampton

    7-11 August – 4th Test, Manchester

    15-19 August – 5th Test, The Oval

     

    Reliance ICC Test Team Rankings table

     

    Rank   Team              Rating     

    1          Australia          123            

    2          South Africa   123           

    3          Pakistan           103  

    4          India                102   

    5          England           100             

    6          Sri Lanka         96              

    7          New Zealand  93

    8          West Indies     74

    9          Zimbabwe       40

    10        Bangladesh     21

    (Developed by David Kendix)

    Reliance ICC Test Player Rankings

     

    Batsmen (top 10)

     

    Rank      Player                   Team     Points                    Ave         HS Rating

       1           AB de Villiers        SA           922        51.94      935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014

       2           K Sangakkara      SL           896        58.63      938 v Eng at Kandy 2007

       3           Hashim Amla       SA           873        51.35      907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013

       4           David Warner       Aus         871!       46.54     871 v SA at Cape Town 2014

       5           S.Chanderpaul     WI          854        51.88      901 v NZ at Napier 2008

       6           Misbah-ul-Haq    Pak         824!       48.75     824 v SL at Sharjah 2014

       7           C Pujara                                Ind          819*      58.92      851 v SA at Durban 2013

       8           Michael Clarke    Aus         818        51.50      900 v SL at Melbourne 2012

       9           Ross Taylor          NZ          795        46.43      871 v WI at Hamilton 2013

      10         Virat Kohli            Ind          784!       46.51     784 v NZ at Wellington 2014

     

    Selected Rankings

     

    Rank      Player                   Team     Points    Ave         HS Rating

      18         Ian Bell                  Eng         657        45.12      822 v Ind at The Oval 2011

      21         Alastair Cook       Eng         633        45.90     874 v Ind at Kolkata 2012 

      26         Joe Root                                Eng         610*      41.86      630 v SL at Lord’s 2014

      29         MS Dhoni              Ind          604        38.77      662 v SA at Kolkata 2010 

      32         Matt Prior              Eng         583        41.00      745 v NZ at Auckland 2013

      33         Rohit Sharma       Ind          578*!    56.87      578 v NZ at Wellington 2014

      42         Murali Vijay         Ind          530*      35.24      569 v SA at Durban 2013 

      45         Ajinkya Rahane  Ind          513*!    47.37      513 v NZ at Wellington 2014 

      50         S Dhawan             Ind          475*!    48.54      475 v NZ at Wellington 2014

      83         Gary Ballance      Eng         334*!    45.20      334 v SL at Headingley 2014

      94         Sam Robson         Eng         305*!    42.75      305 v SL at Headingley 2014

     

     

    Bowlers (top 10)

     

    Rank      Player                   Team     Points    Ave         HS Rating

       1           Dale Steyn            SA           898        23.01      908 v Pak at Johannesburg 2013

       2           Ryan Harris          Aus         870!       22.56     870 v SA at Cape Town 2014

       3           V Philander           SA           865        20.11      912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013

       4           M Johnson            Aus         844!       27.42     844 v SA at Cape Town 2014

       5           Saeed Ajmal         Pak         787        27.46      855 v Zim at Harare 2013

       6           Tim Southee         NZ          783        29.83      799 v WI at Kingston 2014

       7           R Ashwin               Ind          744        28.50      808 v WI at Mumbai 2013

       8           Rangana Herath  SL           739        30.51      838 v NZ at Colombo (PSS) 2012

       9           Trent Boult           NZ          737*      27.45      767 v Ind at Wellington 2014

      10=       Kemar Roach       WI          733!       27.04     733 v NZ at Bridgetown 2014

                    Peter Siddle           Aus         733        29.37      816 v Eng at Old Trafford 2013

     

    Selected Rankings

     

    Rank      (+/-)        Player                   Team     Points    Ave         HS Rating

      12         (-2)          J Anderson            Eng         731        30.36      813 v Ind at Edgbaston 2011

      14         (-1)          Stuart Broad         Eng         719        30.43      783 v WI at Lord’s 2012

    23           Ishant Sharma     Ind          548        37.56      671 v WI at Dominica 2011

       26        Ravindra Jadeja  Ind          507*      26.30      570 v SA at Durban 2013

       33        M Shami               Ind          422*!    29.48      422 v NZ at Wellington 2014

       46        Ben Stokes            Eng         305*      32.80      311 v Aus at Sydney 2014 

       50        Liam Plunkett      Eng         286*!    36.67      286 v SL at Headingley 2014 

       73        B Kumar               Ind          203*      37.88      211 v WI at Mumbai 2013

      118=     Chris Woakes       Eng         7*          96.00     8 v Aus at The Oval 2013

     

    All-rounders

     

    Rank      Player                   Team     Points    HS Rating

       1           Vernon Philander SA           376*/ !  376 v Aus at Cape Town 2014

       2           R Ashwin               Ind          373*/    419 v WI at Mumbai 2013

       3           Shakib Al Hasan Ban        364        404 v Pak at Mirpur 2011

       4           Mitchell Johnson Aus         280        384 v Eng at Cardiff 2009

       5           Stuart Broad         Eng         274        382 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2012

  • After IPL, it’s party time for cricketers at CEAT Cricket Awards

    After IPL, it’s party time for cricketers at CEAT Cricket Awards

    MUMBAI: At a star-studded ceremony held on Monday, CEAT Limited hosted the 2014 edition of the CEAT Cricket Rating International Awards to raise a toast to the gentleman’s game. 

    Both international and domestic talent was honoured on the basis of CEAT Cricket ratings for the year 2013-14. 

    India’s top batsman, Virat Kohli, was awarded Overall International Cricketer of the Year. Incidentally, he had won Cricketer of the Year earlier in 2011-12.

    Left-handed opener Shikhar Dhawan was conferred CEAT ODI player of the year while the youngest of the lot, Vijay Sol took home CEAT Young Player of the Year Award.

    In the T20 format, Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan won CEAT International T20 player of the Year while Australia’s Mitchell Johnson picked up CEAT International Test Player of the Year.

    CEAT Indian player of the year went to Ravichandran Ashwin while IPL Season Seven Star and Australia’s own, Glenn Maxwell walked away with Most Popular Choice of the Year Award.

    A new category Domestic Cricketer of the Year was introduced to recognise talent in the domestic circuit. This time, Robin Uthappa bagged the title.

    RPG group chairman Harsh Goenka said, “This is a reiteration of the close association CEAT has with cricket and our endeavour is to recognise individual brilliances on the international cricket scene.”

    However the highpoint of the evening came when the name of cricketing legend and one of India’s greatest wicketkeepers Syed Kirmani was announced for CCR International Lifetime Achievement Award. 

    Kirmani got a standing ovation from the crowd as he received the award, teary eyed, to a rousing applause. The man who represented India in 88 tests and 49 ODIs and called it a day after sending cricketers packing a record 234 times was accompanied by his family on the occasion.

    Chief adjudicator of the CEAT Cricket Rating and India’s greatest opening batsman Sunil Gavaskar said “CEAT International Cricket rating Awards is one of the most important events in the cricketing calendar as it recognises the achievements of the players from grassroots to the international arena. And it has now reached its 19th year.” 

    On Kohli’s win a second time this year Gavaskar said, “It is good to see an Indian winning the main award again and that he has won it a second time at such a young age.”

    The event featured a comedy act performed by renowned stand-up comedian Saurabh Pant, who through his witty one liners on cricket, brought cheer to the packed audience. The event culminated with a sensational Bollywood performance by Desi Boys star Chitrangada Singh.

  • Ravichandran Ashwin turns brand ambassador for CavinKare

    Ravichandran Ashwin turns brand ambassador for CavinKare

     MUMBAI: Indian right–arm off break spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been roped in as a brand ambassador by CavinKare for its diary
    division Cavin’s Milkshakes.

    The cricketer will also endorse the entire range of Cavin’s dairy products.

    The tagline of the product will be ‘So tasty, so healthy’.

    Speaking on the association, CavinKare joint managing director T.D. Mohan said, “We are extremely glad to have Ravichandran Ashwin represent Cavin’s Milkshake. He personifies the brand, its core values and we have recognized a great synergy between him and our brand. The ideal blend of energy and spirit makes Ashwin the right choice of being the face for Cavin’s Milkshakes.”

    “Mothers today have immense trust in Cavin’s range of products. Mother’s would love a product like Cavin’s Milkshakes as it is both healthy and tasty. Thus it is a win-win situation for both the mother and her family”, added Mohan.

    Talking about the product Ashwin said, “Within a short period of time, Cavin’s Milkshakes have become an immediate hit amongst many including me! It is extremely refreshing and energising especially after a tiring game in the hot sun and the good thing is, it is being made from milk which is healthy. I am so happy to be endorsing a brand I enjoy and like very much and I look forward to an exciting association with Cavin’s.”