The sports activities model Puma has dismissed stories concerning Virat Kohli ending his partnership with the corporate. Karthik Balagopalan, the managing director of Puma India, affirmed in an official assertion that Kohli “continues” to keep up his affiliation with the model.
Virat Kohli throughout the 2023 World Cup (ICC Twitter)
“PUMA’s relationship with Virat Kohli is long-standing and continues,” Balagopalan stated in an official launch.
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A report from CNBCTV18 had earlier acknowledged that Kohli will finish his 8-year-long affiliation with Puma India and is predicted to affix ties with Agilitas Sports Pvt Ltd, an organization based by former Puma India managing director Abhishek Ganguly.
Kohli’s affiliation with Puma started with a whopping INR 110 crore deal in 2017; the model has been one of many nation’s main sports activities and athleisure models.
“It’s a privilege to be part of a great list of athletes that Puma has. Not just today’s icons like Usain Bolt but also the brand’s rich history with Pele, Maradona, Thierry Henry, and others,” Virat Kohli had stated after signing the cope with Puma in February 2017.
The famend Indian batter stands as some of the distinguished figures in world sports activities; his social media presence additionally stays top-notch, as he’s at present the most-followed Indian athlete on Instagram and the most-followed Asian on the platform. Overall, he at present stands sixteenth within the record of most-followed accounts on Instagram.
Kohli was just lately adjudged the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year for 2023, following his record-breaking efficiency within the ODI World Cup in October-November. He is at present a part of the Indian workforce in all three codecs, making a comeback to the T20I aspect final month throughout the sequence towards Afghanistan.
The 35-year-old, nonetheless, is at present away from motion resulting from private causes and missed the opening two Tests of the sequence towards England. It stays to be seen whether or not he returns forward of the third Test, which begins February 15 in Rajkot.
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