Kookaburra Sport Pty Limited, an iconic Victorian (Australian) Sports Brand has signed talented Indian Cricketer, Sanju Samson as its brand ambassador. Currently representing the Rajasthan Royals, the stylish Wicket-keeper Batsman, Samson, becomes the first Indian-capped IPL Star to have a role like this with Kookaburra. This move further reinforces and aims to enhance Kookaburra’s position and relations in the competitive Indian market.
Samson will be seen using the Kookaburra Kahuna Bat and the Kookaburra Wicket- keeping gloves and pads in the #ipl2019 from tomorrow, 7 April says Kookaburra‘s Head of Communication Shannon Gill.
24-year old Samson, who hails from Kerala, has been a player of promise in Indian cricket since playing for the Indian Under-19 team but it’s been over the last two IPL seasons, in his second stint with the Rajasthan Royals, that his star has risen.
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Samson’s career went to a new level last week with his astonishing 102 not out from 55 balls against SunRisers Hyderabad. This was the first century of IPL 2019 and was Samson’s second century in his IPL career. He joins legendary trio Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag and Murali Vijay as the only Indian batsman to have scored more than one IPL century.
Rajasthan teammate and fellow Kookaburra ambassador Jos Buttler this week welcomed Samson to Team Kookaburra, declaring him as a player to watch:
“Welcome to the Kookaburra family Sanju Samson – an absolute superstar in the making,” Buttler said.
Samson says that the Kookaburra brand is one that he always aspired to:
“I’ve always wanted to play with the Kookaburra brand. I saw my idols like AB De Villiers and Kumar Sangakkara use it when I was growing up, and now I see my own Rajasthan teammate Jos Buttler using it,” Samson said.
“I’m very happy to be with Kookaburra and think we’ll have a great partnership.”
Kookaburra was established in 1890 and is the world leader in cricket balls. Test, ODI and Twenty20 balls are hand-crafted in its Melbourne factory, but in recent years there has been a new focus in India.
“In 2014 we opened a manufacturing facility in India. This has taken one hundred – plus years of knowledge from making cricket balls in Australia to India, so we can now make balls for grassroots cricket in India. This complements our role as the official ball supplier to the IPL,” Kookaburra Managing Director Brett Elliot said.
“Having Sanju Samson, one of the rising stars of the IPL, coming on board as a brand ambassador is another sign of our commitment to India.”
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