Women’s T20 Challenge 2020: BCCI announce Jio as Title Sponsor

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced Jio as the ‘Title Sponsor’ of the Women’s T20 Challenge 2020 on Sunday. The collaboration will also have the support of Reliance Foundation Education and Sports For All (RF ESA).

This partnership is historic, as for the first time a sponsor has signed with BCCI exclusively for the women’s matches.

Moreover, Nita Ambani, India’s first woman at the International Olympic Committee and Founder & Chairperson Reliance Foundation has offered the state-of-the-art cricket facility at Jio Cricket Stadium, Navi Mumbai, for female cricketers. The Jio Cricket Stadium will be available to conduct trials, camps and host competitive matches, throughout the year. All this will be done free of cost for Indian national women team.

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Anjum, Mithali, Smriti, Harmanpreet and Poonam are great role models: Nita Ambani

“My heartiest congratulations to BCCI for organizing the Women’s T20 Challenge. This is a progressive step towards the growth of women’s cricket in India. I have immense faith in the potential and capabilities of all our sportswomen. Indian women cricketers have made the country proud with their outstanding achievements in ICC events over the last couple of years. We aim to ensure that we offer the best of infrastructure, training and rehab facilities to our girls. Players like Anjum, Mithali, Smriti, Harmanpreet and Poonam are great role models. Wish them and members of Indian women’s squad greater success and glory in their journey ahead,” Nita Ambani said.

“As BCCI grows the game of cricket across all formats, one key area of focus has been to grow the women’s game. We hope the Jio Women’s T20 Challenge inspires more young girls to take up the sport and give parents the confidence that playing cricket is a great career opportunity for their daughters,” said BCCI president Sourav Ganguly.

“We look forward to seeing the great women’s sports stories that will be shared as a result of this initiative. Also, we want to support and create concrete ways to grow the pipeline of women talent in cricket. Our goal with the Women’s T20 Challenge is to build a pathway to a dedicated Women’s’ IPL. Signing an exclusive Title Sponsor for the Women’s T20 Challenge, is a great testament to the property, allowing it to be self-sustainable. We believe Jio and RF ESA as Title Sponsors will be strong partners for the Women’s T20 Challenge,” Jay Shah, Honorary Secretary, BCCI, added.

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