POSTED: Tuesday September 8th 2009
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Hero Honda named as global partner for ICC Champions Trophy

ICC Champions Trophy takes place in South Africa from 22 September to 5 October

The International Cricket Council has announced Hero Honda Motors Ltd as a global partner for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2009, which takes place in South Africa from 22 September to 5 October.
 
Hero Honda joins a selection of top global firms that have lent their support to this major international sporting event.
 
“We are delighted that Hero Honda has decided to come on board as a global partner for this prestigious event,” said ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat.
 
“Hero Honda is one of 11 sponsors that we have, indicating how popular 50-over cricket is at international level and also showing how attractive events such as the ICC Champions Trophy are to potential sponsors,” he said.
 
“Having the ICC Champions Trophy in one location and involving just the top eight-ranked teams together for a short, sharp and prestigious event while offering total prize money of US$4million is really creating a buzz around this year’s tournament and is attracting high-class sponsors such as Hero Honda,” he added.

 
Pawan Munjal, managing director and chief executive officer of Hero Honda Motors Ltd., said: “Cricket continues to go from strength to strength. Hero Honda has been a catalyst in the growing popularity of the game in India and around the world. We have a cherished history of our association with the ICC. In keeping with that spirit, we are delighted to join hands with the ICC once again as a global partner for the forthcoming eight-nation ICC Champions Trophy. We will continue to invest in sports.”
 
For the first time the ICC CT will feature only the top eight sides in the world in the only global multi-team 50-over-a-side tournament between the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean and the next edition of that event, in the Asian sub-continent in two years’ time.
 
Those teams – Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, host South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies – have been divided into two pools of four, with the top two from each pool progressing to the semi-finals stage.
 
The action begins on Tuesday 22 September with the Proteas in action against Sri Lanka in a day-night encounter at Centurion (the location for the women’s world cup final of 2005) and it will end with a day-night final at the same venue on Monday 5 October.
 
Tickets for the ICC Champions Trophy 2009 are now on sale and can be purchased primarily through the event website at iccevents.yahoo.com.
 
Fans can also book tickets through Computicket by telephone on +2783 915 8000 or by dropping in to any one of Computicket’s offices at hundreds of locations around South Africa.
 
Tickets, including those for the grass banks, can also be purchased directly from the two stadiums at The Wanderers (Tel: +2711 340 1509) and Centurion (Tel: +2712 663 1005 extn 7).
 
For more information go to http://www.icc-cricket.com or http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/events_and_awards/champions_trophy/index.php
 
About Hero Honda
 
Hero Honda Motors Ltd, the world’s largest manufacturer of two-wheelers, is one of the largest promoters of sports in India and around the world. Hero Honda has been actively promoting various disciplines of sports such as cricket, golf and hockey. Besides promoting sports and sportspersons at the highest level, the company has also been committed to the promotion of various sports at the grass-roots level.
 
Highly popular India cricketers such as Virender Sehwag,  Irfan Pathan, Gautam Gambhir, Ishant Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja and Manoj Tiwary are brand ambassadors of the company. Hero Honda had earlier been one of the main global partners of the ICC for all global ODI events including the ICC Cricket World Cup and it was also a global partner for the recently held ICC World Twenty20.
 
Hero Honda will be the title sponsor of the International Hockey Federation’s showcase event, the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2010, which will take place in New Delhi.

 
The company is also committed to the promotion of Golf in the country, hosting the annual Hero Honda Indian Open Golf tournament with participation from international marquee players.
 
Ace shooter and Athens Olympic silver medalist Lt Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has also been one of the brand ambassadors of the company.
 

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