INAUGURAL INDIAN CRICKET HEROES TAKES PLACE AT LORDS CRICKET GROUND TO COMMEND THE VERY BEST OF GLOBAL INDIAN CRICKET EXCELLENCE
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Indian Cricket Heroes (ICH), an initiative
by RP Sanjiv Goenka Group, Cornerstone and Star Sports, saw the Indian national
team, an array of cricket legends, Bollywood celebrities and UK TV
personalities walk the ‘gold’ carpet at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London.
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The debuting event recognised the very
best of Indian professional cricket around the world in a ceremony to reward,
reflect and rejoice the heroes of the game and is set to become an annual
event.
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Legendary cricketers including The Indian
national team, world class
batsman and man of the
tournament at ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Yuvraj Singh and Indian 1983 ICC Cricket World Cup
winning captain Kapil Dev were all in attendance ahead of the kick off of the
2019 ICC Cricket World Cup in the UK amongst others.
Gold carpet
event for the inaugural Indian Cricket Heroes at Lord’s Cricket
Ground with eminent cricket legends, international TV, film and sports stars and
business stalwarts in attendance to recognise the best Indian cricket
performers from around the world.
Indian Cricket Heroes, an initiative by RP
Sanjiv Goenka Group, Cornerstone Founder Bunty Sajdeh and Star Sports, is a recognition platform which aims to elevate the stature
of cricket by recognising and rewarding Indian cricketers around the world. ICH
will be held annually in different countries, with the inauguration taking
place in London ahead of the 2019 ICC World Cup.
1983 ICC World Cup
winning Captain Kapil Dev and Sanjiv Goenka were the co-chairs of the awards jury who
attended the event along with jury members sports statistician Mohandas
Menon, Ex-Indian Women’s Cricket Captain and Commentator Anjum Chopra, Commentator
Ayaz Memon, World Class off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif.
The event was
hosted by A-List Indian film and music star Farhan Akhtar and renowned
television personality Shibani Dhandekar. Attendees
included the entire Indian National team, former England cricketer Isa Guha, world class
batsman and man of the tournament at ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Yuvraj Singh, sports presenters Seema Jaswal and Manish Bhasin, British TV
actress Jasmin Walia, singer and Miss India Scotland Rameet
Sandhu, international music
producer Naughty Boy, Bollywood
stars Diana Penty who recently attended the Cannes Film Festival for
Chophard, Aditi Rao Hydari, Rajkummar
Rao, Britain’s wealthiest person
Gopichand Hinduja, Executive Vice-President Star TV Network Sanjog
Gupta, and British Member
of Parliament Jo Johnson.
Indian Cricket
Heroes saw the host of VIP guests and sports stars enjoy a ‘gold’ carpet
welcome and champagne reception before the awards were announced. The event was
interspersed with a live charity auction where guests were able to bid for
money-can’t-buy experiences and iconic gifts for charity.
Indian Cricket Heroes
will be aired at 1:30 pm and 8:00 pm on the 29th May’19 right before the start
of ICC World Cup on Star Sports Network.
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