GP Title Sponsor for India tour of Bangladesh
May 6, 2007
Grameenphone is the Official Title Sponsor for the upcoming India tour of Bangladesh. This is first home series for the Bangladesh National Team since the successful World Cup campaign.
Three ODI's and two test matches will be held which will be named Grameenphone ODI series, and Grameenphone Test Series. Under the title rights, Grameenphone will also be giving away awards and trophies during the tour as well as have presence on the grounds during the entire tour.
Grameenphone has been the partner in the development of Cricket for many years. In addition to being the Official sponsors of the Bangladesh National Cricket Team for almost four years, Grameenphone has also partnered with BCB to set up the Grameenphone BCB National Cricket Academy that will nurture future talents to take up the mantle of Cricket in Bangladesh.
Further, Grameenphone has sponsored several tours for the Bangladesh Team last year as well as sponsored talent hunt programs; namely the Grameenphone pacer hunt.
The title sponsorship allows Grameenphone the following: Naming rights for the tour; Perimeter boards rights around the field; Sight-screen brand presence rights on both sides of the field; Field Mats rights on both ends of the pitch; Wicket branding rights; and, Trophy rights.
Most recently Bangladesh beat India in the group stages of the World Cup that led into India's early exit from the competition.
Stein Naevdal, Chief Marketing Officer, Mir Nawbut Ali, Head of Market Communications of Grameenphone Ltd., Aziz Al Kaiser, Vice President of BCB and Mahmudur Rahman, CEO, BCB were present at the press conference.
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